2012年12月英语四级真题及答案（3)

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2012 年12 月大学英语四级真题(3)

PartⅠ Writing (30 minutes)

注意：此部分试题在答题卡 1上，请在答题卡 1上作答。

Direction: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled Education

Pays based on the statistics provided in the chart below (Weekly earnings of

2010). Please write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Education: A Worthy Investment

Weekly earnings in 2010($)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Education Pays

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15

minutes)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the

questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four

choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the

information given in the passage.

Suffering in silence

Despite a law designed to protect them, many people with disabling conditions are unaware

of their rights. Carole Concha-Bell tells of her experiences.

Being diagnosed with a disabling condition is always a shock. Learning to live without the

guarantee of health is like having to unlearn a previous life. The implications for your working life

may seem intimidating.

There is the disability Discrimination Act (DDA), of course. But does it really provide the

protection in the workplace that parliament intended? Are employers merely paying lip service to

the DDA? Or are they even aware of an employer’s legal duties and responsibilities?

In my experience, it is the latter. I have received little support from employers to whom I have

revealed my condition. This has often left me feeling at a disadvantage and wondering why I

bothered doing so in the first place.

I had been struggling with illness long before I was diagnosed. In practical terms the diagnosis

did little to aid me. Of course, it enabled me to understand my body, my limitations and set me on

a course to stabilize my symptoms. But it brought a new dilemma. Where I had previously

struggled to work while ill, ignorant of why my body was misbehaving, I now had a name for my

daily struggle: Lupus ( 狼疮). This is a chronic (慢性的), auto-immune disorder that can affect

virtually any system in the body. It also leaves a huge, dark question hanging over my head when

seeking employment: should I tell my employers I have a condition? It is a dilemma that continues

to be a root cause of anxiety both for myself and for thousands of other UK employees.

The rocky road to my unfortunate enlightenment about work and disability began just after

graduation when I’d set my sights on a career in communications and landed my dream job with a

respected public relations consultancy (咨询公司) in Bristol. But while I was learning the art of

media relations, my body wasn’t quite making it in health terms. I often went to work with

swollen limbs and fevers. At my first and last performance review, my boss was amazed that,

despite my many capabilities, I hadn’t quite taken control of my responsibilities. A few months

later, my contract wasn’t renewed and I plunged further into new depths of ill health.

However, I was determined not to be beaten and returned to the interview trail. My next job

was in publishing. But despite a shining performance at the interview, I felt like a fraud. How long

would it be before I sank into ill health and depression again?

The job was to end with a monumental bang when I became so poorly I could no longer

function. A few feverish weeks in bed ended in a specialist appointment, where I was diagnosed

with Lupus and rushed into hospital for fear that it may have attacked my internal organs.

The next 12 months were filled with confusion. I had no idea about benefits, felt alienated (被

视为另类) by the medical establishment and lived off my savings until I was broke. I realized I

needed help from my family and moved to London.

As soon as I felt better, I marched into a marketing recruitment consultancy and, within 10

minutes, I had impressed the interviewer enough to be offered a job with the agency. We agreed

on a decent salary and I told him had arthritis (关节炎) and would need to work a four-day week.

Things went well at the start but soon the client meetings began to fall on my day off, and I

rarely left the office on time. I began to slip both in health and professional terms. The 10-hour

days crashed around my head; no amount of make-up could disguise my ill health as I battled

against the odds to prove to myself that I cold still make it in the business world. I often cried on

the bus on the way back from work.

Not long before my contract was due to be made permanent, I was called to the boss’s office

and given the “talk” abut how my performance was slipping, how awful I looked. I felt too weak

to fight back and agreed to leave. No attempts to offer adjustments to my job, such as being able to

work from home, were ever made. I had a case for unfair dismissal under the DDA, but was

ignorant of this at the time.

An estimated 10 million people in UK, or 17% of the population, qualify for disability status

under the DDA. I have encountered a number of them: the liver-diseased boss; the co-worker with

a heart condition; and my asthmatic (哮喘的) trainee-teacher friend. None had disclosed (透露)

their conditions to employers, and all were feeling the strain of not doing so.

To access your rights under the DDA and to request “reasonable adjustments” to your working

conditions or your workplace requires disclosure. I had warned my former employer about my

condition but it served little purpose. They were ignorant about their obligations to their disabled

staff.

However, there are plenty of forward-thinking organizations that have inclusive recruitment

policies; are more likely to employ a worker with a disability; and are more aware of their legal

duties. The public sector out-performs the private, but not always the voluntary, according to

studies for the Disabilities Rights Commission.

I decided to give the voluntary sector a go and was surprised to be offered flexible working

conditions and other solutions to meet my needs as an employee. But given the choice, I would

still prefer a career in the private sector, which for me is more dynamic, has more attractive

salaries and offers better prospects than the voluntary or public sectors.

Despite the advances of the DDA, there will always be an army of workers who will soldier on,

maybe aware of their rights but choosing to remain silent for personal reasons. It is important,

though, to recognize the significance of the act, the protection it affords and the obligations that

employers have to us as employees and as human beings.

注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡 1上作答。

1. What is people’s immediate response when they are first diagnosed with a disabling condition?

[A] They report the situation on their employers.

[B] They come to realize the value of good health.

[C] They feel nervous about their work prospects.

[D] They try to seek protection from the DDA.

2. When the author revealed her condition to her employers, they .

[A] were quite sympathetic toward her

[B] did not give her the support she needed.

[C] made adjustments to meet her needs

[D] were annoyed not to be informed earlier

3. When the author was diagnosed with Lupus, she was in a dilemma whether she should .

[A] ask for assistance from her fellow workers

[B] find employment at a different company

[C] ignore her limitations and struggle to work

[D] inform her employers of her disability status

4. The author lost her job at the public relations consultancy in Bristol because .

[A] her boss had fund a much better replacement

[B] she was in no mood at all to discharge her duties

[C] her performance was disappointing to her boss

[D] she fail to show up for her performance review

5. Why did the author feel like a fraud when she got her second job?

[A] She knew she would fall ill any time again.

[B] She was not as competent as she appeared to be.

[C] She concealed the fact that she had just been fired.

[D] She pretended to be very keen on the job.

6. Why did the author move to London?

[A] To get help from her family. [B] To receive better medical care.

[C] To start a consulting business. [D] To seek a more suitable job.

7. The author worked hard at the marketing recruitment consultancy in order to .

[A] earn the boss’s appreciation and clients’ recognition

[B] demonstrate her strong willpower to conquer illness

[C] provide for herself without protection from the DDA

[D] prove herself capable of success in the business world

8. Although many people qualify for disability status in the UK, they would rather not tell their

employers about .

9. The author was offered flexible working conditions in the voluntary sector, but if she had a

choice, she would still like to work in .

10. The author stresses that it is important to recognize employers’ to their disabled

employees.

Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the

end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the

conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a

pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A),B),C) and D), and decide

which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a

single line through the center.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。

11. [A] He needs another week for the painting. [B] The painting was completed just in time.

[C] The building won’t open until next week. [D] His artistic work has been well received.

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