2016年12月四级考试模拟试题（二）
复旦大学出版社湖南分社
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic Mobile Phone in the Class. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture
and then explain why this phenomenon appears. You should write at least 120 words
but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.
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Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be
spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from
the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter
on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
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Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
1. A) On the first Monday in November. C) On the first Monday in December.
B) On the first Tuesday in November. D) On the first Tuesday in December.
2. A) Frans Baleni. B) Ken Cuccinelli. C) Terry McAuliffe. D) Chris Christie. Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
3. A) The general US economic activity. C) The lower savings rate in America.
B) Consumer spending in US economy. D) The government’s effort on economy.
4. A) The lower savings rate in four years. C) Special payments by the government.
B) The spending boost by Americans. D) PNC Financial Services Group’s support.
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
5. A) Labor Department officials.
B) Civilians.
C) Lawmakers.
D) The army.
6. A) 0.3%. B) 3%. C)9.7%. D) 10%.
7. A) Negative. B) Positive. C) Hopeless. D)Enlightening.
Section B
Directions:In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
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Conversation One
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) The number of families is reduced a lot.
B) More young people seldom stay at home.
C) Relatives seldom live in the same place.
D) The family members live in the same place.
9. A) She wishes her parents live with her.
B) She wishes her parents live alone.
C) She wishes her parents live in a retirement room.
D) She wishes her parents live with her siblings.
10. A) He is always in trouble at home.
B) He is reluctant to live with his parents.
C) He often fights with other persons.
D) He doesn’t study hard.
11. A) He likes living alone.
B) His house is far from his parents’ house.
C) He is busy with his business.
D) He always quarrels with his parents.
Conversation Two
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) He is looking for a job.
B) He is looking for a house.
C) He is looking for a roommate.
D) He is looking for an agent.
13. A) A roommate who does not snore.
B) A roommate who does not smoke.
C) A roommate who is very tidy.
D) A roommate who loves studying.
14. A) A flat with two bedrooms.
B) An unfurnished apartment.
C) A well-decorated apartment.
D) A fumished bedroom in a shared flat.
15. A) Help do housework.
B) Bargain with the landlord.
C) Agree to share with others.
D) Sign a contract for two years.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After
you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked
A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a
single line through the centre.
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Passage One
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) Indicate our lifestyles and values.
B) Improve our communicative skills.
C) Cultivate our values.
D) Determine our lifestyles and values.
17. A) They cared little about clothing.
B) They had poor taste in clothing.
C) They were very conscious of clothing.
D) They were proud of women’s clothes.
18. A) They cared more about clothing than white-collar workers.
B) They were manipulated by white-collar workers.
C) They scoffed white-collar workers for their clothing.
D) They conformed to the accepted pattern of clothing.
19. A) Dressing patterns of workers. C) The importance of clothing.
B) Man’s attitude towards dress. D) The styles of clothing.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
20. A) Many workers feel embarrassed when talking about office gossip.
B) More than half of the workers are involved in office gossip.
C) The percentage of workers involved in office gossip has increased.
D) Workers were reluctant to talk about office gossip before.
21. A) Office gossip nay boost when the coiupany expands.
B) Workers dare not to gossip when the company is downsizing.
C) Office gossip may relatively drop when the economy turns better.
D) In a financial crisis, workers are over pressured to gossip.
22. A) It is beneficial to the workers, productivity.
B) It helps to deliver the latest news of the company.
C) It is an efficient way to relax peopled mind.
D) It is a direct way for the boss to know his workers.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A) They put them in a well. C) They put them in an evaporative cooler.
B) They put them in the ice. D) They put them into boxes.
24. A) Place it at the top of the cooler. C) Put its ends in the water.
B) Place it at the bottom of the cooler. D) Put it outdoors.
25. A) To store them in conditions that are not cold enough.
B) To keep them directly into storage containers.
C) To put them on the ground after cutting them with knife.
D) To prepare them at harvest time when theyYe in the field.
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 blank is
identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words more
than once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 26 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re 27 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity (肥胖). Perhaps the 28 to this ambivalence (矛盾情结) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop (经济作物) wasn’t eaten but s moked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 29 ways of doing it.
The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s foo d has come to be 30 by imports — pizza, say,
or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sit -ins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political 31
. But strong opinions have not brought 32 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 33 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain.
The 34 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It ’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束缚). It’s what we eat — and how we 35 it with friends, family, and strangers — that help define America as a community today.
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Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.
Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the
paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more
than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking
the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
Animals on the Move
A) It looked like a scene from “Jaws” but without the dramatic music. A huge shark was slowly swimming through the water, its tail swinging back and forth like the pendulum of a clock. Suddenly sensitive nerve ending in the shark’s skin picked up vibrations of a strug gling fish. The shark was immediately transformed into a deadly, efficient machine of death. With muscles taut, the shark knifed through the water at a rapid speed. In a flash the shark caught its victim, a large fish, in its powerful jaws. Then, jerking its head back and forth, the shark tore huge chunks of flesh from its victim and swallowed them. Soon the action was over.
Moving to Survive
B) In pursuing its prey, the shark demonstrated in a dramatic way the important role of movement, or locomotion, in animals.Like the shark, most animals use movement to find food.They also use locomotion to escape enemies, find a mate, and explore new territories. The methods of locomotion include crawling, hopping, slithering, flying, swimming, or walking.Humans have
the added advantage of using their various inventions to move about in just about any kind of environment. Automobiles, rockets, and submarines transport humans from deep oceans to as far away as the moon.However, for other animals movement came about naturally through millions of years of evolution. One of the most successful examples of animal locomotion is that of the shark. Its ability to quickly zero in on its prey has always impressed scientists. But it took a detailed study by Duke University marine biologists S. A. Wainwright, F. V osburgh, and J. H. Hebrank to find out how the sharks did it. In their study the scientists observed sharks swimming in a tank at Marine land in Saint Augustine, Fla. Movies were taken of the sharks’ movements and analyzed. Studies were also made of shark skin and muscle.
Skin Is the Key
C) The biologists discovered that the skin of the shark is the key to the animal’s high efficiency in
swimming through the water. The skin contains many fibers that crisscross like the inside of a belted radial tire. The fibers are called collagen fibers. These fibers can either store or release large amounts of energy depending on whether the fibers are relaxed or taut. When the fibers are stretched, energy is stored in them the way energy is stored in the string of a bow when pulled tight. When the energy is released, the fibers become relaxed.
D) The Duke University biologists have found that the greatest stretching occurs where the shark
bends its body while swimming. During the body’s back and forth motion, fibers along the outside part of the bending body stretch greatly. Much potential energy is stored in the fibers.
This energy is released when the shark’s body snaps back the other way.As energy is alternately stored and released on bot h sides of the animal’s body, the tail whips strongly back and forth. This whip-like action propels the animal through the water like a living bullet. Source of Energy
E) What causes the fibers to store so much energy? In finding the answer the Duke University
scientists learned that the shark’s similarity to a belted radial tire doesn’t stop with the skin.
Just as a radial tire is inflated by pressure, so, too, is the area just under the shark’s collagen “radials”. Instead of air pressure, however, the pre ssure in the shark may be due to the force of the blood pressing on the collagen fibers.
F) When the shark swims slowly, the pressure on the fibers is relatively low. The fibers are more
relaxed, and the shark is able to bend its body at sharp angles. The animal swims this way when looking around for food or just swimming. However, when the shark detects an important food source, some fantastic involuntary changes take place. The pressure inside the animal may increase by 10 times. This pressure change greatly stretches the fibers, enabling much energy to be stored. This energy is then transferred to the tail, and the shark is off. The rest of the story is predictable.
Dolphin Has Speed Record
G) Another fast marine animal is the dolphin. This seagoing mammal has been clocked at speeds
of 32 kilometers (20 miles) an hour. Biologists studying the dolphin have discovered that, like the shark, the animal’s efficient locomotion can be traced to its skin. A dolphin’s skin is made up in such a way that it offers very little resistance to the water flowing over it. Normally when a fish or other object moves slowly through the water, the water flows smoothly past the body. This smooth flow is known as laminar flow. However, at faster speeds the water becomes more turbulent along the moving fish. This turbulence muses friction and slows the fish down.
H) In a dolphin the skin is so flexible that it bends and yields to the waviness of the water. The
waves, in effect, become tucked into the skin’s folds. This allows the r est of the water to move smoothly by in a laminar flow. Where other animals would be slowed by turbulent water at rapid speeds, the dolphin can race through the water at record breaking speeds.
Other Animals Less Efficient
I) Not all animals move as efficiently as sharks and dolphins. Perhaps the greatest loser in
locomotion efficiency is the slug. The slug, which looks like a snail without a shell, lays down
a slimy trail over which it crawls. It uses so much energy producing the slimy mucus and
crawling over it that a mouse traveling the same distance uses only one twelfth as much energy.
Scientists say that because of the slug’s inefficient use of energy, its lifestyle must be restricted.
That is, the animals are forced to confine themselves to small areas for obtaining food and finding proper living conditions. Have humans ever been faced with this kind of problem?
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36. According to the passage, a shark can use movement to find food, to avoid being chased by its
enemies, and to find a new place to live.
37. Examples of automobiles, rockets and submarines are used to show that human inventions
enable us to travel in almost any kind of environment.
38. The skin is the key to the shark’s swift locomotion in water.
39. According to the Duke University scientists, when bending its body in swimming, the shark
stretch its collagen fibers to the greatest extent.
40. Because it is also inflated by pressure, the area just under the shark’s collagen fibers similar to
a belted radial tire.
41. A laminar flow is formed when a fish swims slowly through the water.
42. Consuming the equal amount of energy as a slug does, a mouse can travel 12 times as long as
a slug.
43. A shark finds its prey by feeling the vibrations of a struggling prey.
44. According to the passage, collagen fibers can be compared to the string of a bow for both of
them store energy when stretched.
45. When the shark detects an important food source, some fantastic involuntary changes take
place.
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and
D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
The table before which we sit may be, as the scientist maintains, composed of dancing atoms, but it does not reveal itself to usas anything of the kind, and it is not with dancing atoms but a solid and motionless object that we live. So remote is this “real” table —and most of the other
“realities” with which science deals —that it cannot be discussed in terms which have any human value, and though it may receive our purely intellectual credence it cannot be woven into the pattern of life as it is led, incontradistinction to life as we attempt it. Vibrations in the ether (以太) are so totally unlike the color, purple that the gulf between them cannot be bridged,and they are, to all intents and purposes，not one but two separate things of which the secondand less “real”must be the most significant for us. And just as the sensation which has led us to attribute all objective reality to a non-existent thing which we called “purple”is more important for human life than the conception of vibrations of a certain frequency; so too the belief in God; however ill founded, has been more important in the life of man than the germ theory of true the latter may be.
We may, if we like, speak of consequence, as certain mystics love to do, of the different levels ororders of truth. We may adopt what is essentially a Platonistic (布拉图式的) trick of thought andinsist upon postulating the existence of external realities which correspond to the needs and modesof human feeling and which, so we may insist, have their being in some part of the universeunreachable by science. But to do so is to make an unwarrantable assumption and to be guilty ofthe metaphysical fallacy of failing to distinguish between a truth of feeling and that other sort oftruth which is described as “truth of correspondence” and it is better perhaps, at least for those ofus who have grown up in thought, to steer clear of such confusions and to rest content with theadmission that, though the universe with which science deals is the real universe, yet we do notand cannot have any but fleeting and imperfect contacts with it; that the most important part ofour lives-our sensations, emotions, desires and aspirations-take place in a universe of illusions whichscience can attenuate or destroy, but which it is powerless to enrich.
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46. The author suggests that in order to bridge the puzzling difference between scientific truth and
the world of illusion, the reader should____.
A) try to rid himself of his world of illusion
B) accept his words as being one of illusion
C) apply the scientific method
D) learn to acknowledge both
47. Judging from the ideas and tone of the selection, one may reasonably guess that the author
is____.
A) a humanist B) a pantheist C) a nuclear physicist D) a doctor of medicine
48. According to this passage, a scientist would conceive of a “table” as being ____.
A) a solid motionless object
B) certain characteristic vibrations in “ether”
C) a form fixed in space and time
D) a mass of atoms in motion
49. The topic of this selection is____.
A) the distortion of reality by science
B) the confusion caused by emotions
C) Platonic and contemporary views of truth
D) the place of scientific truth in our lives
50. By “objective reality” (Last line, Para. 1) the author means____.
A) scientific reality C) the viewer’s experience
B) a symbolic existence D) reality colored by emotion
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm praise to old cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and, argue that rewards can improve performance at work and school. Some other researchers who study various aspects of mental life, maintain those rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on approval and gifts from others.
The latter view has gained many supporters, especially among educators. But the careful use of small monetary rewards sparks in grade-school children suggesting that properly presented inducements indeed aid inventiveness, according to a study inthe June Journal Personality and Social Psychology.
“If they know they’re working for a reward and can focus on a relatively challenging task, they show the most creativity,” says Robert Esenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. “But it’s easy to kill creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.”
A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands out high grades for ordinary achievement ends up with uninspired students, Esenberger holds. As an example of the latter point, he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and restore falling grades.
In earlier grades, the use of so-called token economics, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based points toward valued rewards, shows promise in raising effort and creativity, the Delaware psychologist claims.
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51. Psychologists are divided with regard to their attitudes toward ____.
A) the choice between spiritual encouragement and monetary rewards
B) the appropriate amount of external rewards
C) the study of relationship between actions and
D) the effects of external rewards on students’ performance
52. What is the view held by many educators concerning external rewards for students?
A) They approve of external rewards.
B) They don’t think external rewards.
C) They have doubts about external rewards.
D) They believe external rewards can motivate small children, but not college students.
53. According to the result of the study mentioned in the passage, what should educators do to
stimulate motivation and creativity?
A) Give rewards for performances which deserve them.
B) Always promise rewards.
C) Assign tasks which are not very challenging.
D) Be more lenient to students when mistakes are made.
54. It can be inferred from the passage that major universities are trying to tighten their grading
standards because they believe ____.
A) rewarding poor performance may kill the creativity of students’
B) punishment is more effective than rewarding
C) failing uninspired students helps improve their overall academic standards
D) discouraging the students anticipation for easy rewards is matter of urgency
55. Which of the following facts about “token economics” is not correct?
A) Students are assigned challenging tasks.
B) Rewards are given for good performances.
C) Students are evaluated according to the effort they put into the task.
D) With token economics, students’ creativity can be enhanced.
Part Ⅳ Translation (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
在线教育也称为远程教育，是指通过应用信息科技和互联网技术进行内容传播和快速学习的教育模式。在线教育是随着现代信息技术的发展而产生的一种新型教育方式。与传统教育相比，它可以打破时空的限制，使学习的场所和获取知识的渠道灵活多变。基于在线教育的特点和优势，在线教育逐渐走进大众的生活，成为了一种学习的主流趋势。
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2016年6月大学英语四级真题及参考答案 Part ⅡListening Comprehension （听力部分共有两套） 四级第一套 Section A 1. C) Rising unemployment worldwide. 2. A) Many countries have not taken measures to create enough jobs. 3. B) Put calorie information on the menu. 4. A) They will be fined.C) They will get a warning. 5. D) Failure to integrate innovation into their business. 6. B) It is the creation of something new. 7. C) Its innovation culture. Section B 8. D) He does not talk long on the phone. 9. B) Talk at length. 10. A) He thought it was cool. 11. C) It is childish and unprofessional. 12. B) He is unhappy with his department manager. 13. A) His workload was much too heavy. 14. C) His boss has a lot of trust in him. 15. D) Talk to his boss in person first. Section C 16. A) The importance of sleep to a healthy life. 17. C) They get less and less sleep. 18. D) Their blood pressure will rise. 19. B) What course you are going to choose. 20. D) The personal statement. 21. C) Indicate they have reflected and thought about the subject. 22. B) It was built in the late 19th century. 23. D) They often broke down. 24. A) They were produced on the assembly line. 25. C) It marked a new era in motor travel. 四级第二套
2016年12月英语四级真题（第一套） Part I Writing (30minutes) （请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试） Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay .Suppose you are two options upon graduation: one is to take a job in a company and the other to go to a graduate school. You are to make a choice between the two. Write an essay to explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet1with a single line through the centre. Questions 1and 2 are based on the news report you have just the heard. 1. A) It was going to be renovated. C) It was dangerous to live in. B) He could no longer pay the rent. D) He had sold it to the royal family. 2. A) A storm. C) A forest fire. B) A strike. D) A Terrorist attack. Questions 3and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) They lost contact with the emergency department. B) They were injured by suddenly falling rocks. C) They sent calls for help via a portable radio. D) They were trapped in an underground elevator. 4. A) They provided the miner with food and water. B) They sent supplies to keep the miners warm. C) They released the details of the accident. D) They tried hard to repair the accident. Question5 to7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A) Raise postage rates. C) Close some of its post offices. B) Improve its services. D) Redesign delivery routes. 6. A) Closing offices on holidays. C) Computerizing mail sorting processes. B) Shortening business hours. D) Stopping mail delivery on Saturdays.
2016年6月18日大学英语四级真题答案与解析 写作 题目： Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to one of your friends who helped you most when you were in difficulty. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 今年四级时隔九年之后首次考了一道应用文写作，虽然出乎意料，但是大家可以根据题干中的关键词“letter”迅速判断今年要写的是书信。书信本身难度不大，但是需要特别注意英文书信的书写格式。 一、四级书信格式要求 1、抬头：收件人的姓名 2、正文：三段式 3、落款：祝福（yours sincerely）写信人名 二、感谢信格式模板: Dear ______, I am writing to extend my sincere gratitude for __________________(感谢的原因). If it had not been for your assistance in __________________(对方给你的具体帮助), I fear that I would have been___________________(没有对方帮助时的后果). No one would disagree that it was you who___________________________(给出细节). Again, I would like to express my warm thanks to you! Please accept my gratitude. Best wishes. Yours sincerely， Li Ming
2016 年 12 月大学英语四级考试真题（第一套） Part I Writing (30 minutes)( 请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听 力考试 ) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to write an essay.Suppose you have two options upon graduation:one is to take a job in a company and the other to go to a graduate school.You are to make a choice between the two.Write an essay to explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Much controversy has been aroused about whether the students should find a job or start their own business after graduation.Taking a look around,we can find that some graduates bustle around job markets,while others choose to run a shop on TMall. However, I prefer the former choice. From my perspective, there are good reasons to find a job in the first several years after their graduation.First and foremost, if a graduate intends to accumulate working experience and learn from the seniors, it is advisable for him to find a job. It is an undeniable fact that the theoretical knowledge will provide the graduates with the ability to consider things comprehensively,however,only under the integration with practice can the rigid knowledge be useful for their future development. Inevitably, doing something small is the premise of undertaking something great. Take Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba and taobao, for example. He also finds some jobs before establishing his own career,laying a solid foundation for his later success. Consequently,it is of great necessity to find a job after graduation.I firmly believe that it will continue to bring about more returns to our life and future. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A
2016年12月英语四级真题及答案详解和听力原文第二套 2016年12月英语四级真题第二套 Part I Writing (30minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试) For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have two options upon graduation: one is to work in a state-owned business and the other in a joint venture. You are to make a choice between the two. Write an essay to explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension （25 minutes ) Section A Directions： In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet1with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just the heard . 1. A) It was dangerous to live in. C) He could no longer pay the rent. B) It was going to be renovated. D) He had sold it to the royal family. 2. A) A strike. B)A storm. C) A forest fire. D) A Terrorist attack. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard . 3. A) They lost contact with the emergency department. B) They were trapped in an underground elevator. C) They were injured by suddenly falling rocks. D) They sent calls for help via a portable radio. 4. A) They tried hard to repair the accident. B) They released the details of the accident. C) They sent supplies to keep the miners warm. D) They provided the miner with food and water. Question s 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard . 5. A) Raise postage rates. C) Redesign delivery routes. B) Improve its services. D) Close some of its post offices. 6. A) Shortening business hours. C) Stopping mail delivery on Saturdays. B) Closing offices on holidays. D) Computerizing mail sorting processes. 7. A) Many post office staff will lose their jobs. C) Taxpayers will be very pleased. B) Many people will begin to complain. D) A lot of controversy will arise. Section B Directions： In this section，you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation，you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the
2016年12月英语四级真题及答案第三套 Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have two options upon graduation: one is to work in a state-owned business and the other in a joint venture.You are to make a choice between the two. Write an essay to explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. A) To satisfy the curiosity of tourists. B) To replace two old stone bridges. C) To enable tourists to visit Goat Island. D) To improve utility services in the state. 2. A) Countless tree limbs. B) A few skeletons. C) Lots of wrecked boats and ships. D) Millions of coins on the bottom. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) It suspended diplomatic relations with Libya. B) It urged tourists to leave Tunisia immediately.
2016年6月英语四级真题第二套 Part I Writing （30 minutes） Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to one of your school teachers upon entering college. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 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. Contrary to popular belief, older people generally do not want to live with their children. Moreover, most adult children _____(26)every bit as much care and support to their aging parents as was the case in the "good old days", and roost older people do not feel _____(27). About 80% of people 65 years and older have living children, and about 90% of them have _____(28)contact with their children. About 75% of elderly parents who don't go to nursing homes live within 30 minutes of at least one of their children.
2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第3套） Part III Reading Comprehension 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 Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Physical activity does the body good, and there’s growing evidence that it helps the brain too. Researchers in the Netherlands report that children who get more exercise, whether at school or on their own, 26 to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardized tests. In a 27 of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic 28 , investigators found that the more children moved, the better their grades were in school, 29 in the basic subjects of math, English and reading. The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to 30 on smaller budgets. The arguments against physical education have included concerns that gym time may be taking away from study time. With standardized test scores in the U.S. 31 in recent years, some administrators believe students
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2016年6月四级考试真题(第三套) Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes) Directions：For this part,you are all owed 30 minutes to write a l etter to express your thanks to one of your school teachers upon entering coll ege.You shoul d write at l east 120 words but no more than 180 words． Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) 说明：2016年6月四级真题全国共考了两套听力。本套（即第三套）的听力内容与第二套的完全一样，只是选项的顺序不一样而已，故在本套中不再重复给出。 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 l etter．Pl ease mark the corresponding l etter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a singl e line through the centre．You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once． Physical activity does the body good，and there’s growing evidence that it helps the brain too．Researchers in the Netherlands report that children who get more exercise，whether at school or on their own．26 to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardized tests．In a 27 of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic 28，investigators found that the more children moved．the better their grades were in school，29 in the basic subjects of math，English and reading． The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to 30 on smaller budgets．The arguments against physical education have included concerns that gym time may be taking away from study time．With standardized test scores in the U．S．31 in recent years，some administrators believe students need to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the playground．But as these findings show,exercise and academics may not be 32 exclusive．Physical activity can improve blood 33 to the brain，fueling memory,attention and creativity,which are34 to learning．And exercise releases hormones that can improve 35 and relieve stress，which can also help learning．So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they，re running around，they may actually be exercising their brains as well． A．attendance B．consequently C．current D．depressing E．dropping F．essential G．feasible H．flow I．mood J．mutually K．particularly L．performance M．review N．survive O．tend Section B Directions：In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it．Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs．Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived You may choose a paragraph more than once．Each paragraph is marked with a l etter．Answer the questions by marking the corresponding l etter on Answer Sheet 2． Finding the Right Home—and Contentment，Too A．When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long．term care facility-a moment few parents or
Section A News Report Directions ：In this section ，you will hear three news reportsAt the end of each news report ，you will hear two or threequestions 。Both the news report and the questions will be spokenonly once.After you hear a qu estion ，you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A )，B)，C) andD )。Then mark t he corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 witha singl e line through the centre 。 Drections: Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. Question 1 A) This incident occurred in Tibet. B) The dead cubs were found in the front of a temple. C) Some tiger cubs were dead because of abuse . D) The reason why they were in the freezer was cl ear. Question 2 A) About 2 weeks. B) About 7 days. C) About 1 year. D) About 40 days. Question 3 A) 17. B) 2.3. C) 57. D) 12. Question 4 A) It can reduce the time to travel. B) It can reduce the vehicles on roads. Question 5 A) He was abandoned by his parents. B) He got lost in the forest. C) He went far to drink water. D) It wasn't mentioned. Question 6 A) The boy's father. B) Soldiers, police and volunteers. C) Japan's military . D) Child psychiatrists. Question 7 A) On Wednesday night. B) A few minutes later. C) Wednesday. D) Since Saturday. Section B Conversation Directions ：In this section ，you will hear two long conversations 。At the end of each conversations you wi ll
2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套) Part I Writing Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to express your thanks to one of your school teachers upon entering college. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part ⅡListening Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. A)How college students can improve their sleep habits. B)Why sufficient sleep is important for college students. C)Why college students are more likely to have stress problems. D)How college students can handle their psychological problems. 2. A)It is not easy to improve one’s sleep habits. B)It is not good for students to play video games. C)Students who are better prepared generally get higher scores in examinations. D)Making last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A)Whether more airports should be built around London. B)Whether adequate investment is being made to improve airport facilities. C)Whether the British Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets. D)Whether the Spanish company could offer better service. 4. A)Inefficient management. B)Poor ownership structure. C)Lack of innovation and competition. D)Lack of runway and terminal capacity. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A)Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes. B)Set a limit to the production of their cigarettes. C)Take steps to reduce nicotine in their products. D)Study the effects of nicotine on young smokers.