历年英语四级听力真题

历年英语四级听力真题（共6篇）

历年英语四级听力真题篇1

Part 1 短对话

Question 1

- M： Do you remember the wonderful film on space exploration we watched together last month?

- W： Sure。 It’s actually the most impressive one I’ve seen on that topic。

Q：What do we learn about the speakers?

Question 2

- W： Are you looking for anything in particular?

- M： Yes。 My son is graduating from high school， and I want to get him something special。

Q：Where does the conversation most probably take place?

Question 3

- M： Mike told me yesterday that he had been looking in vain for a job in the art gallery。

- W： Really? If I remember right， he had a chance to work there， but he turned it down。

Q：What does the woman say about Mike?

Question 4

- W： Would you like to come to Susan’s birthday party tomorrow evening?

- M： I’m going to give a lecture tomorrow。 I wish I could be in two places at the same time。

Q：What does the man mean?

Question 5

- W： Aren’t you discouraged by the slow progress your staff is making?

- M： Yes。 I think I will give them a deadline and hold them to it。

Q：What is the man probably going to do?

Question 6

- W： Excuse me。 Could you tell me where the visitors’ parking is? I left my car there。

- M： Sure。 It’s in Lot C。 Over that way。

Q：What does the woman want to know?

Question 7

- W： You look great! Now that you’ve taken those fitness classes。

- M： Thanks。 I’ve never felt better in my life。

Q：What does the man mean?

Question 8

- W： I really admire the efficiency of your secretaries。

- M： Our company selects only the best。 They have a heave workload and we give them a lot of responsibilities。

Q：What are the speakers talking about?

Part 2 长对话

Conversion 1

W： Hi Leo， why do you say English would become the world language?

M： Well。 For one thing， it’s so commonly used， the only language that is used by more people is Chinese。

W： Why is English spoken by so many people?

M： It’s spoken in many countries of the world because of the British empire。 And now of course is the influence of America as well。

W： Many students find English a difficult language to learn。

M： Oh， all languages are difficult to learn。 But English does have two greatest advantages。

W： What are they?

M： Well， first of all， it has a very international vocabulary。 It has many German， Dutch， French， Spanish and Italian words in it。 So speakers of those languages will find many familiar words in English。 In fact， English has words for many other languages as well。

W： Why is that?

M： Well， partly because English speakers have travelled a lot， they bring back words with them。 So English really does have an international vocabulary。

W： And what is the other advantage of English?

M： It that English grammar is really quite easy。 For example， it doesn’t have dozens of different endings for its nouns， adjectives and verbs， not like Latin， Russian and German for example。

W： Why is that?

M： Well， it’s quite interesting actually， it’s because of the French。 When the French ruled England， French was the official language， and only the common people spoke English。 They tried to make their language as simple as possible。 So they made the grammar easier。

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard。

Q9： What does the man say about Chinese?

Q10： What made English a widely used language?

Q11： What is said to be special about English vocabulary?

Conversation 2

Man： Hello。 Yes?

Woman： Hello。 Is that the sales department?

M： Yes， it is。

W：Oh， well。 My name is Jane Kingsbury of GPF limited。 We need some supplies for our design office。

M： Oh， what sort?

W：Well， first of all， we need one complete new drawing board。

M： DO44 or DO45?

W：Ah， I don’t know。 What’s the difference?

M： Well， the 45 costs 15 pounds more。

W：So what’s the total price then?

M：It’s 387 pounds。

W：Dose that include valued-added tax?

M： Oh， I’m not sure。 Most of the prices do。 Yes， I think it does。

W：What are the boards actually made of?

M： Oh， I don’t know。 I think it‘s a sort of plastic stuff these days。 It’s white anyway。

W：And how long does it take to deliver?

M： Oh， I couldn’t really say。 It depends on how much work we’ve got and how many other orders there are to send out， you know。

W：Ok， now we also want some drawing pens， ink and rulers， and some drawing paper。

M： Oh dear。 The girl who takes all those supplies isn’t here this morning。 So I can’t take those orders for you。 I only do the equipment you see。

W：Ok， well， perhaps I’ll ring back tomorrow。

M： So do you want the drawing board then?

W：Oh， I have to think about it。 Thanks very much。 I’ll let you know。 Good-bye。

M： Thank you。 Good-bye。

Question 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you just heard。

Question 12： What is the woman’s purpose in making the phone call?

Question 13： What do we learn about the man from the conversation?

Question 14： What does the man say about delivery?

Question 15： What does the woman say she will possibly do tomorrow?

Part 3 短文

短文 1

No one knows for sure just how old kites are。 In fact， they have been in use for centuries。 25 centuries ago， kites were well-known in China。 These first kites were probably made of wood。 They may even have been covered with silk， because silk were used a lot at that time。 Early kites were built for certain uses。 In ancient China， they will use to carry ropes to cross rivers。 Once across， the ropes were tear down and wooden bridges would hang for them。 Legend tells of one General who flew musical kites over the enemies’ camp。 The enemy fled， believing the sounds to be the warming voices of angels。 By the 15th century， many people flew kites in Europe。 Marco Polo may have brought the kite back from his visit to China。 The kite has been linked to great names and events。 For instance， Benjamin Franklin used kite to prove the lightening electricity。 He flew the kite in the storm。 He did this in order to draw lightening from the clouds。 He tied a metal key and a strip of silk to the kite line。 The silk ribbon would stop the lightening from passing through his body。 Benjamin’s idea was first laughed at。 But later on， it enlightened the invention of the lightening rod。 With such grand history， kite flying is short remain an entertaining and popular sport。

Question 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard。

Question 16： What does the speaker say about kite?

Question 17： What did ancient Chinese use cats to do?

Question 18： Why did BF flied a kite in the storm?

短文2

I have learnt many languages， but I’m not mastered them the way the professional interpreter or translator has。 Still， they have open doors for me。 They have allowed me the opportunity to seek jobs in international contexts and help me get those jobs。 Like many people who have lived overseas for a while， I simply got crazy about it。 I can’t image living my professional or social life without international interactions。 Since 1977， I have spent much more time abroad than in the United States。 I like going to new places， eating new foods and experiencing new cultures。 If you can speak the language， it’s easier to get to know the country and its people。 If I had the time and money。 I would live for a year in as many countries as possible。 Beyond my career， my facility with languages has given me a few rare opportunities。 Once， just after I returned my year in Vienna。 I was asked to translate for a German judge at Olympic level horse event and learned a lot about the sport。

In Japan， once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show， I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought。 They asked” Was it as good as American beef?” It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV， speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was。

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you’ve just heard。

Question 19 What does the speaker say about herself?

Question 20 What does the speaker say about many people who have lived overseas for a while?

Question 21 How did the speaker experience of living in Vienna benefit her?

Question 22 What was the speaker asked to do in the Japanese studio?

短文3

Dr。 Ben Carsen grew up in a poor single parent house-hold in Detroit。 His mother， who had only a 3rd grade education helds two jobs cleaning bathrooms。 To his classmates and even to his

teachers he was thought of as the dummest kid in his class。 According to his own not so fond memories。

He had a terrible temper， and once threatened to kill another child。 Dr。 Carsen was headed down part of seld distraction until a critical moment in his youth。 His mother convinced that he had to do something dramatic preventing leading a life of failure laid down some rules。 He could not

watch television except for two programs a week， could not play with his friends after school

until he finished his homework。 And had to read two books a week， and write book reports about them。 His mother’s strategy worked。 “Of course， I didn’t know she couldn’t read。 So there I was

submitting these reports。” he said。 She would put check marks on them like she had been reading them。 As I began to read about scientists，economists and philosophers。 I started imaging myself in their shoes。 As he got into the hobbit of hard work， his grade began to soar。 Ultimately he received a scholarship to attending Yale

University， and later he was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical School。

He is now a leading surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical School and he is also the author of the three books。

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard。

Q23 What do we learn about Ben Carsen ?

Q24 What did Ben Caren’s classmates and teachers think of him whenhe was first at school?

Q25 What did Ben Carsen’s mother tell him to do when he was a school boy?

Part 4 听写题

When you look up at the night sky， what do you see? There are other heavenly bodies out there besides the moon and stars。 One of the most fascinating of this is a comet。 Comets were formed around the same the earth was formed。 They are made up of ice and other frozen liquids and gasses。 Now and then these dirty snow balls begin to orbit the sun just as the planets do。 As a comet gets closer to the sun。 Some gasses in it begin to unfreeze。 They combine with dust particles from the comet to form a huge cloud。 As the comet gets even nearer to the sun and solar wind blows the cloud behind the comet thus forming its tail。 The tail and generally fuzzy atmosphere around the comet are characteristics that can help identify this phenomenon in the night sky。 In any given year， about dozen known comets come close to the sun in their orbits。 The average person can’t see them all of course。 Usually there is only one or two a year bright enough to be seen with the naked eye。 Comet Hale-Bopp discovered in 1995 was an unusually bright comet。 Its orbit bought relatively to the earth within 122 million miles of it。 But Hale-Bopp came a long way on its earthly visit。 It won’t be back for another 4 thousand years or so。

历年英语四级听力真题篇2

听力部分共分为三种题型：Section A为对话题（包括短对话和长对话）；Section B为短文理解题；Section C为听写题。其中Section A和Section B采用的是选择题的出题形式，Section C采用的是填空题的出题形式。下面笔者来一一分析。

对话题和短文理解题

对话题和短文理解题的分值占四级总分值的25%，是绝对的重中之重。短对话共有八个，每个对话对应一道题目；长对话有两个，每个对话对应3～4道题目；短文理解有三篇，每篇短文对应3～4道题目。

题型特点

对话部分的录音模拟的是日常生活情景，语言口语化，内容较易理解，答题的关键在于听懂各题所涉及的生活类场景词汇。2015年6月短对话一、短对话四和长对话二考到了休闲娱乐场景词汇，录音中出现了playing chess （下棋）、taking my girlfriend to the fancy new restaurant （带女朋友去高档的新餐厅）、listened to recordings of great orchestras （听杰出的交响乐团的录音）等场景词。短对话三和长对话二考到了学习场景词汇，录音中出现了miss classes （缺课）、handwriting （手写字体）、violin lessons （小提琴课）、school concerts （学校音乐会）等场景词。长对话一考到了推销员向化工处理厂推销防止化学液体泄漏的安全装置，因此录音中不断出现chemistry processing plant （化工处理厂）、personal assistant （私人助理）、products and services （产品与服务）等工作场景词汇。事实上，上述的“休闲娱乐”“学习”和“工作”场景恰是历年听力录音中出现频率最高的三大场景。

短文理解部分的录音主要与社会文化、人物经历、科学发展三大类话题相关。2015年6月短文理解二讲述的是外出旅行的安全须知，属于社会文化类话题。在以往的真题中，社会文化类话题还曾考过探讨被领养子女是否应与亲生父母相认（2007年12月短文理解一）、精神激励比物质奖励更能激发工作积极性（2009年12月短文理解三）、孩子们在学校操场上玩究竟是否安全（2003年12月短文理解二）等内容。总之，社会生活中的方方面面都有可能涉及。2015年6月的短文理解一和三都属于人物经历类考题。这类考题多考查著名人物的经历，比如今年的短文理解一考查的是William Shakespeare，2014年6月的短文理解三考查的是以吝啬闻名的美国女富豪Hetty Green的一生。关于科学发展类话题，笔者分析的这套试卷中今年没有涉及，但在历年真题中都曾考过，比如考过为什么科学家至今没能攻克感冒病毒（2006年12月短文理解三）、是否存在外星生物（2009年12月短文理解一）等。对于以上提到的这些经典例题，笔者建议考生根据考查年份将其下载下来，进行相关练习。

答题技巧

关于对话题和短文理解题的答题技巧，笔者主要从听前审题和听时定位这两方面来讲。

1. 听前审题时，通过在选项中找重复词来预判题目所谈内容或预判答案位置。

在听前审题时，考生的做法往往是按照从A到D的顺序逐一看四个选项，还有一些考生习惯把选项中不认识或不熟悉的单词加下划线，以提醒自己在接下来听录音时注意这些信息。但事实上，上述两种做法都是不妥的：一是因为考场上时间有限，考生根本没有时间把每个选项的意思都看懂；二是因为选项中的生词未必与答案有关，不值得在时间紧张的审题环节对其特别关注。四级考试固有的命题思路决定了它不考难词和偏词，有时包含难词的选项反而不是答案，仅起到迷惑考生的作用。总之，考生要注意分清难点和考点。审题时，考生正确的做法如下：视线上下移动，在选项中寻找重复出现的词汇以及专有名词、年份、数字等特殊信息。下面笔者以短对话的一道题为例来具体讲解。

例1：4. A） The new restaurant is a perfect place for dating.

B） The new restaurant caught her fancy immediately.

C） The man has good taste in choosing the restaurant.

D） The man had better choose another restaurant.

解析：在看这道题的四个选项时，请各位考生打破“从左到右”依次浏览每个选项的习惯，尝试让自己的视线“纵向移动”，在四项中找重复出现的单词——多个选项重复提到的信息即题目的主题。考生在审题时切忌贪多求全，不要试图完全理解四个选项讲的是什么。当你把理解的任务从句缩减到词，就好比五彩缤纷的舞台突然只剩一束光打在主角身上。说到这里，相信考生都已经找到四个选项中重复出现的是restaurant一词。由此，考生可预判，接下来将要听到的内容应该与选择餐厅、在餐厅点菜、评判菜肴口味等有关。如果考生在备考时就已熟练掌握休闲娱乐场景中的相关词汇，那么这道题绝对难不倒你。考生可以通过该题的录音和题干来检验之前的预判是否正确。

M： I’m taking my girlfriend to the fancy new restaurant for her birthday tonight.

W： I went there last weekend. I found it rather disappointing.

Q： What does the woman mean？

通过对话内容考生可发现，对话谈论的确实是某家餐厅，并且可判断出正确答案是选项D。

在选项中找重复词这一技巧除了能让考生在还没听到录音时就能提前知道题目所谈的内容外，还可以让考生提前预判题目答案所在的位置。下面笔者以长对话的两道题为例来具体讲解。

例2：10. A） He is a safety inspector.

B） He is Mr. Green’s friend.

C） He is a chemist.

D） He is a salesman.

例3：14. A） She was a pupil of a famous European violinist.

B） She gave her first performance with her father.

C） She became a professional violinist at fifteen.

D） She began taking violin lessons as a small child.

解析：笔者之所以把这两道题放在一起是因为它们有一个共同特征：选项中重复出现的都是人称代词he或she。考生或许要问：人称代词无法像名词那样代表具体的含义，又怎能提示考题主旨信息？这么简单的重复词找出来有何意义？事实上，这些人称代词很有意义。比如第10题的四个选项都有统一的人称代词he，这说明这道题的四个选项都围绕录音中男士发言的信息展开，因此本题答案信息在男士所说的话中，而女士说的话就不太重要，她的话听不懂也没关系。同理，在第14题中，考生可由重复出现的人称代词she判断出答案信息在女士所说的话中。提前预知答案信息所在的位置，有利于考生在听录音时有重点、有选择地听。

2. 听录音时，注意关键词出现的语句。

关键词指的是专有名词（人名、地名、组织名、国名等）、数字和年份等有标志性的单词，根据这些单词，考生可以对试题涉及的内容在录音中出现的位置进行快速定位。考生在看选项时，找出句中的关键词，播放录音时，就可以根据关键词有重点地听录音，这些关键词所在的位置很可能就是答案信息所在。比如第14题的选项C中出现了at fifteen这个表达，由此考生可以推测本题可能涉及女士在15岁时发生的事情。虽然选项C不一定就是答案，但当录音中提到at fifteen时，也提示考生此处可能是重点内容。不仅选项中的关键词重要，有些选项中没出现但录音中提到的像年份、数字类的关键词也不可忽视。例如2015年6月短文理解一在录音结尾提到：“Some parts of Shakespeare’s life will always remain unknown. The Great London Fire of 1666 burned many important documents that could have been a source of clues. We will always be left with many questions and few facts.”要知道，录音中会提到特定的某一年，说明这一年发生了重大事件，这里很可能就是答案信息所在。上述录音结尾句恰恰包含了第18题的答案，如下题所示。

例4：18. A） People of his time had little interest in him.

B） His works were adapted beyond recognition.

C） Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire.

D） Writers of his time had no means to protect their

works.

解析：该题的问题是：“Why does the speaker say parts of Shakespeare’s life will remain a mystery？”根据上面的录音内容可判断答案应为选项C。该选项中提到的fire就是录音中说的the Great London Fire of 1666。通过这道题考生可以看出，录音中含有时间表达的语句往往是听录音的重点。

值得一提的是，第18题是短文理解一的最后一道考题，它的答案出现在录音的最后一句话中。考生会发现，像长对话和短文理解这样长篇幅的选择题都符合“顺序原则”，即答案在录音中出现的顺序和试卷上考题的出题顺序是一一对应的，第一题答案在录音开头，最后一题答案在录音结尾。18题就非常符合这个原则。解题时，考生也可以结合“顺序原则”有条不紊地寻找答案。

听写题

听写题的分值占四级总分值的10%，也是比较重要的一种题型。该题型包括一篇短文，短文中有十个空格，要求考生根据录音内容填写完整。通常来说，听写题是考生比较头疼的一种题型，但自从2013年题型改革去掉句子听写后，此部分的试题难度已经有所降低。

题型特点

听写题中的短文无论录音长度还是题材都与短文理解部分的短文类似，不过答题方式不同。听写题属于主观题，要求考生听完录音后填写试卷上缺省的十个空格。根据往年真题以及2013年改革样题所呈现的规律，在这十个空格中，一般有6～8个空填写单词，2～4个空填写词组。也就是说，单词在听写题中占绝大多数。单词听写只考查名词、动词、形容词、副词四大类实词，拼写简单的虚词一律不作为考点。在词组听写的考查中，每个词组通常包含2～4个单词，以“动词+介词”词组最为常见，考生在背单词时可有针对性地整理相关词组。在此笔者要提醒考生注意：考生在填词组时若有个别单词拼错，则整个空格不得分，不存在仅扣半分的情况。2015年6月听写题考了七个单词，其中有一个名词（decade）、三个动词（prospering、sustain、establish）、两个形容词（opposite、misleading）、一个副词（reasonably），考了三个词组（in simple terms、take into account、using up）。

注意事项

根据往年考试的情况，听写题中最容易出错的是名词和动词，因为这两种词汇在实际运用中变化较多。因此，考生做题时应注意以下两点。

1. 名词要注意单复数的变化。

名词方面，考生要特别注意单复数的变化，尤其注意名词单复数特殊变体的拼写。比如2003年1月的四级听写题就考了species （生物物种）这一“单复同形”的单词。要避免在这一类单纯考查拼写的题目中失分，就需要考生在背单词时多下功夫。例如考生在词汇书上看到属于单复数特殊变体的名词，就摘录出来，平时多看、多记。

2. 动词要注意时态、语态、分词形式等细节。

英语六级作文历年真题篇3

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of having a sense of family responsibility. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

参考答案

Home should be where people feel secure and comfortable. Maintaining harmony at home is essential for the well-being of an individual, a couple and their offspring, and even the society. But many are being plagued by family discord, a problem that boils down to the lack of a sense of family responsibility.

Everyone has certain roles to take on in his or her family. Parents are expected to ensure their children are well-nourished and well-educated, helping them build a strong body and great character. We college students also need to take our responsibility as adult children. Being independent of our parents as early as possible lightens the financial burden on them. Learning to be mature and sensible can prevent us from becoming a constant source of worry to them. Fulfilling our filial duty to the best of our abilities allows them to enjoy life in midlife years, retirement and the twilight years.

考研真题历年英语二阅读篇4

It‘s no surprise that Jennifer Senior’s insightful， provocative magazine cover story， “I love My Children， I Hate My Life，” is arousing much chatter – nothing gets people talking like the suggestion that child rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling， life-enriching experience. Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable， Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness： instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy， we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition. Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard， Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.”

The magazine cover showing an attractive mother holding a cute baby is hardly the only Madonna-and-child image on newsstands this week. There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock， as well as the usual “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” news. Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom， or mom-to-be， smiling on the newsstands.

In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation， is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing ? It doesn‘t seem quite fair， then， to compare the regrets of parents to the regrets of the children. Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to wonder if they shouldn’t have had kids， but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world： obviously their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives.

Of course， the image of parenthood that celebrity magazines like Us Weekly and People present is hugely unrealistic， especially when the parents are single mothers like Bullock. According to several studies concluding that parents are less happy than childless couples， single parents are the least happy of all. No shock there， considering how much work it is to raise a kid without a partner to lean on; yet to hear Sandra and Britney tell it， raising a kid on their “own” (read： with round-the-clock help) is a piece of cake.

It‘s hard to imagine that many people are dumb enough to want children just because Reese and Angelina make it look so glamorous： most adults understand that a baby is not a haircut. But it’s interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free， happiness-enhancing parenthood aren‘t in some small， subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience， in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting “ the Rachel” might make us look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.

36.Jennifer Senior suggests in her article that raising a child can bring

[A]temporary delight

[B]enjoyment in progress

[C]happiness in retrospect

[D]lasting reward

37.We learn from Paragraph 2 that

[A]celebrity moms are a permanent source for gossip.

[B]single mothers with babies deserve greater attention.

[C]news about pregnant celebrities is entertaining.

[D]having children is highly valued by the public.

38.It is suggested in Paragraph 3 that childless folks

[A]are constantly exposed to criticism.

[B]are largely ignored by the media.

[C]fail to fulfill their social responsibilities.

[D]are less likely to be satisfied with their life.

39.According to Paragraph 4， the message conveyed by celebrity magazines is

[A]soothing.

[B]ambiguous.

[C]compensatory.

[D]misleading.

40.Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?

[A]Having children contributes little to the glamour of celebrity moms.

[B]Celebrity moms have influenced our attitude towards child rearing.

[C]Having children intensifies our dissatisfaction with life.

考研真题历年英语一作文篇5

Write a letter of about 100 words to the president of your university, suggesting how to improve students’ physical condition.

You should include the details you think necessary.

You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.

Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.

Do not write the address.(10 points).

Dear Mr. President,

It is my great honor to write to you. As far as I am concerned, we have enough extraordinary lectures and what we need now is physical exercise.

Since most of the time is spent in watching TV and playing computer games, our physical conditions are not good enough. i still have some suggestions for you. To begin with, our university should arrange more PE classes. To continue, we should have a fixed schedule for a certain time of outdoor activity. What is more, teaching faculty should be involved in the same kind of physical exercise.

I hope that our university could take the responsibility for our students’ physical health. I will be highly grateful if you could take my suggestions into account.

Yours sincerely,