DOC《2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）》

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19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16.A.To give customers a wider range of choices. B.To make shoppers see as many items as possible. C.To supply as many varieties of goods as it can. D.To save space for more profitable products. A.On the top shelves. B.On the bottom shelves. C.On easily accessible shelves. D.On clearly marked shelves. 18.A.Many of them buy things on impulse. B.A few of them are fathers with babies. C.A majority of them are young couples. D.Over 60% of them make shopping lists. 19.A.Sales assistants promoting high margin goods. B.Sales assistants following customers around. C.Customers competing for good bargains. D.Customers losing all sense of time. Passage Two Questions

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22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20.A.Teaching mathematics at a school. B.Doing research in an institute. C.Studying for a college degree. D.Working in a hi-tech company A.He studied the designs of various clocks. B.He did experiments on different materials. C.He bought an alarm clock with a pig face. D.He asked different people for their opinions. A.Its automatic mechanism. B.Its manufacturing process. C.Its way of waking people up. D.Its funny-looking pig face. Passage Three Questions

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25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23.A.It is often caused by a change of circumstances. B.It actually doesn'

t require any special treatment. C.It usually appears all of a sudden. D.It generally lasts for several years. 24.A.They cannot mix well with others. B.They irrationally annoy their friends. C.They depend heavily on family members. D.They blame others for ignoring their needs. A.They lack consistent support from peers. B.They doubt their own popularity. C.They were born psychologically weak. D.They focus too much on themselves. 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 with the exact words you have justheard.Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and26 in a file cabinet.It could remain there for years and, often27, never reach the outside world. Things have done a complete about-face since then.28 the change has been the astonishingly29 development in recent years of the computer.Today, any data that is

30 about us in one place or another--and for one reason or another--can be stored in a computer bank.It can then be easily passed to other computer banks.They are owned by individuals and by private businesses and corporations, lending

31 , direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and32 at the local, state, and federal level. A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution of computerized data as a frightening33 of their privacy.Surveys show that the number of worried Americans has been steadily growing over the years as the computer becomes increasingly 34, easier to operate, and less costly to purchase and maintain.In 1970, a national survey showed that

37 percent of the people35felt their privacy was being invaded.Seven years later,

47 percent expressed the same worry.Arecent survey by a credit bureau revealed that the number of alarmed citizens had shot up to 76percent. Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension(40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given, in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each.choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the center.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions