2012年英语专业四级考试真题PARTIDICTATION[15MIN]Listentothefollowingpassage．Altogetherthepassagewillbereadtoyoufour．timesDuringthefirstreading,whichwillbedoneatnormalspeed,listenandtrytounderstandthe．Formeaningthesecondandthirdreadings，thepassagewillbereadsentencebysentence,orphraseby，phrasewithintervalsof15seconds．Thelastreadingwillbedoneatnormalspeedagainandduringthistimeyoushouldcheckyourwork．Youwillthenbegiven2minutestocheckthroughyourworkoncemore．PleasewritethewholepassageonANSWERSHEETONE．PARTIILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION[20MIN]InSectionsA,BandCyouwillheareverythingONCEONLY.Listencarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow．MarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononAnswerSheetTwo．SECTIONACONVERSATIONSInthissectionyouwillhearseveralconversations．Listentotheconversationscarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsthatfollow．Questionslto3arebasedonthefollowingconversation．Attheendoftheconversation,youwillbegiven15secondstoanswerthequestions．Now,listentotheconversation.l．TheEthicalConsumerResearchAssociationwillprovideinformationtoshoppersonA．productprice．B．productquality．C．manufacturers．D．productionmethods．2．Accordingtotheconversation，anethicalshoppershouldA．askforothers?advicebeforebuyingthings．B．considertheworthofsomethingtobebought．C．postponebuyingthingswheneverpossible．D．searchforthingsthatarelesscostly．3．Accordingtotheconversation，ethicalshopperscanbebestdescribedasA．shrewd．B．thrifty．C．extravagant．D．cautious．Questions4to7arebasedonthefollowingconversation．Attheendoftheconversation，youwillbegiven20secondstoanswerthequestions．Now,listentotheconversation．4．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisCORRECTaboutMary?A．Sheisenjoyingherlanguagestudy．B．Sheisenjoyinghermanagementstudy．C．Sheisnotfeelingverywellatthemoment．D．Sheisnothappyaboutherstudypressure．5．WhatdoesMarythinkofthecourseinitially?A．Itisuseful．B．Itisdifficult．C．Itischallenging．D．Itisinteresting．6．WhatisMary?sproblemoflivinginafamilyhouse?A．Shedislikesthefoodsheeats．B．Sheis