201512月英语四级真题(3)

D) They would like to live abroad permanently.

21. A) She became an expert in horse racing.

B) She learned to appreciate classical music.

C) She was able to translate for a German sports judge.

D) She got a chance to visit several European countries.

22. A) Take part in a cooking competition.

B) Taste the beef and give her comment.

C) Teach vocabulary for food in English.

D) Give cooking lessons on Western food.

Passage Three

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23. A) He had only a third-grade education.

B) He once threatened to kill his teacher.

C) He often helped his mother do housework.

D) He grew up in a poor single-parent family.

24. A) Stupid B) Active C) Brave D) Careless

25. A) Watch educational TV programs only.

B) Write two book reports a week.

C) Help with housework.

D) Keep a diary.

Part III Reading Comprehension Section A Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases in an information-based society. However, they generally agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is __26__ different from that of an industrial society. As informatization progresses in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.

It seems that the information society __27__ the quantity of information available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanging information. But such a view is a __28__ analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media. A different __29__ is possible when the actual amount of information __30__ by the user is taken into account. In fact, the more information __31__ throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between “information haves”and “information have-nots,” leading to digital divide.

According to recent studies, digital divide has been caused by three major __32__: class, sex, and generation. In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class. With __33__ to sex, digital divide exists between men and women. The greatest gap, however, is between the Net-generation, __34__ with personal computers and the Internet, and the older generation, __35__ to an industrial society.

A) accustomed E) champions I) flows M) regard

B) acquired F) elements D) fundamentally N) respectively

C) assembly G) expands K) interpretation O) superficial

D) attribute H) familiar L) passive

Part IV Translation

中国父母往往过于关注孩子的学习，以至于不要他们帮忙做家务。他们对孩子的首要要求就是努力学习，考得好，能上名牌大学。他们相信这是为孩子好，因为在中国这样竞争激烈的社会里，只有成绩好才能保证前途光明。中国父母还认为，如果孩子能在社会上取得大的成就，父母就会受到尊敬。因此，他们愿意牺牲自己的时间、爱好和兴趣，为孩子提供更好的条件。