英语4级备考计划
自xx年12月起，大学英语四六级考试将以崭新的形式与大家见面。试卷中将取消完形填空，同时出现三种新题型，并增加了翻译考试的分值。不少考生认为考试的难度有所增加。对此，有关辅导专家建议，考生在备考时要提前熟悉题型，打好基础，并有针对性地积累知识、训练解题技巧。
试卷主要变化——出现三种新题型
根据全国大学英语四六级考试委员会做出的说明，调整后的试卷取消了完形填空题，出现了单词及词组听写、长篇阅读、段落翻译三种新题型。
听力理解部分，原复合式听写调整为单词及词组听写，短文长度及难度不变，要求考生在听懂短文的基础上，用所听到的原文填写空缺的单词或词组，共10题。短文播放三遍。
阅读理解部分新增长篇阅读。原快速阅读理解调整为长篇阅读理解，篇章长度和难度不变。篇章后附有10个句子，每句一题。每句所含的信息出自篇章的某一段落，要求考生找出与每句所含信息相匹配的段落。有的段落可能对应两题，有的段落可能不对应任何一题。
而在翻译部分，原单句汉译英调整为段落汉译英，分值由原来的5分提高到15分。翻译内容涉及中国的历史、文化、经济、社会发展等。四级长度为140-160个汉字，六级长度为180-200个汉字。
改革趋势——注重综合能力与国际考试接轨
此次调整，考试委员会还公布了四六级样卷各一套。很多人看了改革及样卷后，就发现此次试卷的考查方式与雅思接近，在内容上对考生的能力要求也更高。
改革之前，四六级写作话题简单、写作字数要求少，有时也会给出提纲。难度最多相当于雅思的Task1和研考小水平，略高于高考英语写作。改革之后，四级样题中出现了图画式作文，给出的漫画说明也是英文的。写作既要求描述图画，还要给出观点。应对策略——针对题型积累、总结、训练
从样卷看，四六级考试调整后虽然取消了完形填空，但整体难度有所增加，尤其是翻译部分，其次是阅读和听力。整体更注重考查考生的积累和应用能力。对考生最大挑战依然是时间控制，尤其是阅读部分。
从样卷看，听力新题型单词及词组听写，两张试卷并没有明显的难度界限，四级出现了比较难的词，而六级也出现了比较老且原始的词汇。如果考生长期忽视听写和拼写必然会导致失分率的增加。因此，在每次做完听力题目之后，考生要尽量保证题目选项和对应原文中全部单词短语会拼写。
长篇阅读像雅思阅读中的"段落信息匹配题"。在词汇基础基本保证的情况下，考生要掌握一些阅读技巧。比如，特殊信号词汇在段落和题目中的对应，例如数字、大写、特殊符号;段落首句作为重点信息处理;特别关注段落衔接句等。当然，大量训练不可少。对段落翻译，针对其考察的内容，考生要有意识地积累和背诵一些和中国节日、历史事件、经济和社会发展相关的词汇。大家可以关注以反映中国社会为主的一些英文杂志和报纸，例如中国日报及其网站。这份报纸的大部分内容确实超越了考生的实际水平，但考生可以学习一些涉及日常生活的词语。每天看看网站中的头条新闻，配合中文新闻的背景，就可以学到很多表达。
总之，面对四六级题型的改革，大家要以不变应万变，科学分析新题型的考察方式及重点，合理规划自己的复习策略。相信只要大家努力，就一定会收获胜利。
英语4级备考计划 [篇2]
我英语基础一般，四级考了3次都没过，最后那次英语四级考了531，我当时复习用了两个月的时间。给你借鉴一下我当初的复习计划。第一个月复习计划
一、先是背单词，如果基础不好，对英语的理解力差，单词量就很重要。我当时用的书是《淘金式分频词汇4级分册》，这本书的好处是，频率出现最高的单词会排在最前面，按照四级考试中现的频率高低依次往后排，这样你就能从最重要的单词背起。我每天背几个LESSON，第二天再把前一天背的复习一遍，再背新的LESSON，第三天把前两天的复习一遍，然后再背第三天要背的，单词能尽快背完最好，每天背几个LESSON的单词根据你自己的情况安排。总体来讲，一个月之内最好背完。（平均每天花2个小时）
注：背单词的时候不要纯背单词，最好能好好看看例句，知道单词的具体用法，语境等等，这对做听力、阅读都是有好处的。
二、每天都坚持听听力一个半到两个小时，我当时还另外买了一本四级的辅导书，名字记不清了，好象叫《四级英语颠峰训练》（大概的名字）里面针对四级考试分项训练，差不多够你用一个月的时间了，第二个月，就可以做历年真题了。（平均每天一个半到两个小时）
注：如果基础不好，开始听得时候会有些关键地方总也听不明白，不要先急于看答案和注解，多听几遍。看答案的时候把自己听不明白和错误的地方仔细看看，里面有一些你不太清楚地固定短语，单词等等，把它们记下来，一般来说，四级英语的听力都在一定的范围内，你听精了，自然就没问题了。
三、阅读。
我阅读正确率开始的时候很低，我觉得我理解的原文的意思和真正的原文的意思好像有差距。当时我看到网上推荐了一本书，叫《新编大学英语四级阅读180篇》，是上海交通大学潘晓燕主编，我当时的计划是每天做6篇，180篇做完刚好30天，我做这本阅读也是严格算时间做的，根据四级考试平均每篇阅读所需时间。这本书也是第一个月要做完的，第二个月是要做真题用的。
注：虽然量变产生质变，但是也不能一味闷头去做，做阅读也有技巧的，首先先看下面的问题，带着问题有目标的看阅读，正确率会比较高，如果遇到时间不太够的情况，你可以看每段开头第一句，这样也能帮你提高蒙答案的正确率。在这方面你可以上网搜一些技巧学习学习。
四、作文。
对于作文 __太特意的准备，首先在背单词的时候的很多例句或着好的句子我顺便都背了，上文提到的《颠峰训练》中对各个部分的训练都有，对于作文的格式，一些好CET四六级高分通关宝典冲刺更有效率
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大学英语四级期末试卷 Part I: Multiple choice 20% Directions:For each of the following blanks, four choices are given. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank and mark A, B, C, or D on Answer Sheet. 1. Now that we’ve got a loan from the bank, our project is financially _____. A. constructive B. feasible C. favorable D. stiff 2. Due to his recent failure to meet the deadline, Jason is ____ from the list for promotion. . A. eliminated B. retreated C. pried D. wrenched 3. We need someone really ____ who can organize the office and make it run smoothly.. A. crucial B. realistic C. essential D. efficient 4. I am pleased to hear of your job offer-all that hard work at school has obviously __. A. paid off B. taken its toll C. made a difference D. shown up 5. As a reporter, I was paid to __ into other people’s lives. A. pry B. convert C. blurt D. carve 6. The mayor promised to trim the city budget without cutting ___ services. . A. essential B. appropriate C. equivalent D. lucrative 7. The doctor ___ Billy’s operation with x-rays and special exercises to make him stronger. A. went after B. followed up C. started up D. took on 8. A firm might sometimes sell at a loss to drive a competitor out of business, and__ increase its market power. A. therefore B. thereby C. hence D. further 9. You can ___ the video camera on a tripod (三脚架)，so that you don’t have to worry about holding it steady while you ask questions. A. withstand B. mount C. implement D. dwell 10. AIDS activists permanently changed and shortened America’s ___process for testing and approving new drugs of all kinds, for all diseases. A. efficient B. stagnant C. intricate D. appropriate 11.___ students should be motivated by a keen interest in theatre and should have some familiarity with plays in production.. A. prospective B. responsible C. ethnic D. realistic 12.However, the new law, once passed, will ___ the Bridlintong agreement illegal by giving workers the right to join unions of their choice.. A. convert B. render C. cancel D. eliminate 13.This course focuses on the ____ of economic analysis to the problems of inflation, unemployment, the balance of payments and enterprise behaviour. A. conception B. combination C. application D. introduction 14.The aircraft base is protected with specially designed shelters which are built to ___ ground and air attacks. A. launch B. withstand C. contest D. contend
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滴水渐累成沧海，拳石频移成泰山祝大家顺利过级 第一部分.听力部分 一、听力内容 1．Section A 对话 短对话 (5分02秒) 8个对话： 4分12秒 长对话 (5分58秒) Conversation 1 (4 questions)：对话内容（1分45秒）＋问题（1分25秒）Conversation 2 (3 questions)：对话内容（1分45秒）＋问题（1分02秒） 2．Section B 短文(10分05秒) Directions： 35秒 Passage 1 (3 questions)：文章内容（1分25秒）＋问题（1分10秒） Passage 2 (3 questions)：文章内容（2分25秒）＋问题（1分10秒） Passage 3 (4 questions)：文章内容（1分45秒）＋问题（1分55秒） 3．Section C 复合式听写 (11分20秒) Directions： 45秒 第一遍： 2分10秒 第二遍：第一句停顿：1分05秒 第二句停顿：1分35秒 第三句停顿：1分15秒 第三遍：2分10秒 （以上时间根据文章内容会有所变化） 二、听力技巧 四级听力一直困扰着我们每一位考生，听不懂磁带中的内容是什么，不知道该如何选择，而听力在英语四级考试中又占很大一部分比重，掌握好英语四级听力技巧才能快速提高英语成绩，以下总结出几点有关英语四级听力技巧。 听力技巧一：学会取舍，理解内容 听力考试中最忌讳的就是词词计较，力求听懂所有词。其实，听懂所有词首先没必要，其次也不可能。我们在日常生活中听中文时，无论听什么，注意力都不会在每一个字或词上面，而是对文段或对话内容的整体的理解上。何况我们听的是英文，在英文句子中，对不同的词本身就有弱读和重读。 听力技巧二：扫视材料，预测内容 当广播中朗读听力要求时，我们要充分利用这个时间，迅速扫视书面文字中的题干及选项，通过扫视联系上下文，有根据地预测文段发生的时间、场所、人物，并预测出谈话的大致内容。并且，在扫视中我们对提出的问题尤其要注意。这样做的结果是听录音时我们可以有的放矢，做到有备而来，心中有数。 听力技巧三：注重首句，抓住主旨 在听长文段时，由于信息多，而且听力不同于阅读，朗读速度非常快，需要我们快速做出反应，所以在听的时候就更应当注意主旨大意。在阅读中我们知道作者一般会在首句或首 2
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Calculate for a moment what could be done with even a part of those hours. Five thousand hours, I am told, are what a typical college undergraduate spends working on a bachelor's degree. In 10,000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer. You could have learned several languages fluently. If it appealed to you, you could be reading Homer in the original Greek or Dostoyevsky in Russian. If it didn't, you could have walked around the world and written a book about it. The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive, consistently applied effort. The dullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate on anything. But Television encourages us to apply no effort. It sells us instant gratification(满意). It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without pain. Television's variety becomes a narcotic(麻醉的), nor a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic (万花筒般的)exposures force us to follow its lead. The viewer is on a perpetual guided tour: 30 minutes at the museum, 30 at the cathedral, 30 for a drink, then back on the bus to the next attraction—except on television., typically, the spans allotted arc on the order of minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more often car crashes and people killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps(篡夺;侵占) one of the most precious of all human gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively surrender it. Capturing your attention—and holding it—is the prime motive of most television programming and enhances its role as a profitable advertising vehicle. Programmers live in constant fear of losing anyone's attention—anyone's. The surest way to avoid doing so is to keep everything brief, not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant stimulation through variety, novelty, action and movement. Quite
英语四级复习资料 大学英语四级考试流程 8 ：50---9 ：00试音时间 - 9：00---9 ：10播放考场指令，发作文考卷 9：10取下耳机，开始作文考试 - 9：35发放含有快速阅读的试题册（但9：40才允许开始做） 9：40---9 ：55做快速阅读 - 9：55---10 ：00收答题卡一（即作文和快速阅读） 9：55---10 ：00重新戴上耳机，试音寻台，准备听力考试- 10：00开始听力考试，电台开始放音- 听力结束后完成剩余考项。- 11：20全部考试结束。 - 标准分满分 710分=听力 248.5 ＋阅读 248.5 ＋综合测试 106.5 ＋写作106.5 。 一、 100 个高频词汇。 - 1 accelerate vt. (使)加速，增速- 【例】 accelerate the rate of economic growth - 加速经济增长- 【派】 acceleration n.加速accelerating a. 加速的- 2 account n.账户、考虑- 【考】 take sth. into account把考虑在内- 3 accustom vt.使习惯-
【考】 be accustomed to - 4 adapt vi.适应- 【考】 adapt to适应- 5 adjust vi. 适应- 【考】 adjust to... 适应- 6 advocate vt.宣扬- 7 affluent a.富裕的- 【派】 affluence n. 富裕- 8 annoy vt. 使烦恼 , 使恼怒- 【派】 annoying a.令人恼人的; - annoyance n.烦恼; - annoyed a. 颇为生气的- 9 ascribe vt. 把归咎于- 【考】 ascribe..to归因于- 10 assess vt. 评估- 【派】 assessment n.评估- 11 assign vt. 指派，选派；分配，布置（作业）-【派】 assignment作业- 12 assume vt. 假象、假定- 13 attain vt.获得- 【考】attain one's ideal达到理想- 14 attribute vt.把归因于- 【考】attribute sth.? to把 ... 归咎于- 15 attribute vt.归咎于 【考】 be attributed to? attribute sth. to- 16 automatically ad.自动地- 17 boost vt.提高，推动，使增长n.推动，增长-【例】boost the economy推动经济增长- 【派】booster n.支持者，推动器-
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2018年6月四级考试真题（第三套） PartⅠ Writing (30 minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the importance of speaking ability and how to develop it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension 说明：2018年6月四级真题全国共考了两套听力。本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 letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. An office tower on Miller Street in Manchester is completely covered in solar panels. They are used to create some of the energy used by the insurance company inside. When the tower was first 26 in 1962, it was covered with thin square stones. These small square stones became a problem
2007年6月大学英语四级考试A卷试题以及答案 Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Welcome to our club. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given bellow: 欢迎辞，欢迎加入俱乐部。 标题：Welcome to our club 书写提纲： 1. 表达你的欢迎； 2. 对你们俱乐部作一个简要介绍。 Welcome to English club! It could serve as a platform to show your outstanding abilities and help you develop a range of great skills. You can be involved in a variety of activities including staging musical dramas, holding group discussions and watching Oscar-winning movies. These extra-curricular activities could offer you ample opportunities. First, you active participation is helpful to strengthen the sense of responsibility and managing interpersonal relations. Second, various activities organized by us could raise your level of proficiency in English. A good command of English empowers you to enjoy decided competitive edge over your peers. You can file a written application to our staff office or email us via bonoo@https://www.doczj.com/doc/3911421718.html,. The deadline for entries is Sept.25th. Come on, join us now! 注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。 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, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; Y(for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 8-10. complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Protect Your Privacy When Job-hunting Online Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain. The numbers associated with identity theft are beginning to add up fast these days. A recent General Accounting Office report estimates that as many as 750.000 Americans are victims of identity theft every year. And thai number may be low, as many people choose not to report the crime even if they know they have been victimized. Identity theft is "an absolute epidemic," states Robert Ellis Smith, a respected author and
历年来英语四级考试格式 考试答题的顺序 1.作文分数106.5分 2.快速阅读71分 3.听力部分248.5分 4.是一篇篇章词汇理解和两篇传统的阅读理解，177.5分 5.是完形填空（极大可能考这个）71分 6.翻译，汉译英并且需译部分只是一般的短句翻译。35.5分 CET-4考试内容 一、试卷构成和成绩报道 就所测试的语言能力而言，试点阶段的四级考试由以下四个部分构成：1）听力理解；2）阅读理解；3）完型填空或改错；4）写作和翻译。 听力理解部分分值比例为35%；其中听力对话15%，听力短文20%。听力对话部分包括短对话和长对话的听力理解；听力短文部分包括选择题型的短文理解和复合式听写。 阅读理解部分分值比例为35%；其中仔细阅读部分（Reading in Depth）25%，快速阅读部分（Skimming and Scanning）10%。仔细阅读部分分为：a）选择题型的篇章阅读理解；b）篇章层次的词汇理解（Banked Cloze）或短句问答（Short Answer Questions）。快速阅读理解部分测试的是浏览阅读和查读能力。 完型填空或改错部分分值比例为10%。完型填空部分采用多项选择题型，改错部分的要求是辨认错误并改正。
写作和翻译部分分值比例为20%；其中写作部分（Writing）15%，翻译部分（Translation）5%。写作的体裁包括议论文、说明文、应用文等；翻译部分测试的是句子、短语或常用表达层次上的中译英能力。 具体比例搭配如下： 作文15%（有14分、12分、8分、6分、2分和0分四个档次，用时30分钟） 快速阅读10%(7个判断题每个1%，3个填空题也是1%，单词拼写错误不给分，用时15分钟) 听力35%（短对话8个，每个1%，长对话8个，每个1%，短文10个，每个1%，填词7个，每个0.5%，3个句子分别为2%，2%，2.5%。用时35分钟） 篇章阅读20%+词汇阅读5%（传统阅读10个，一个2%，选词阅读10%，一个0.5%。用时25分钟） 完型填空10%（20个小题，一题0.5%。用时15分钟） 翻译5%（一题1%。用时5分钟） 快速阅读的答题方式不一定 写作：30分钟， 107分（15%） 快速阅读 15分钟，70分（10%）
2015 年大学英语四级备考笔记：选词填空之解题步骤本题型出现在阅读部分（共40 分钟），在长篇阅读文章之前。所以本题型共10 道小题最佳完成时间应控制在7 分钟。 考试要求在7 分钟左右时间内将题目给出的15 个词汇填入10 个空格中。考试形式与传统考题的完形填空相似。 选词填空，当然是考词汇。但较之以往专门的词汇题，选词填空是对词汇更完全的更高层次的考察;因为它所考察的，是在篇章中对词汇的把握。 考核的主要目的是检查考生在上下文中猜测词义的能力以及单词词性识别能力。 遇到生词怎么办?时间不够怎么办?考前训练时注意培养以上两种能力，考试时加以运用，会大大提高答中率。 篇章词汇理解是大学英语四级考试中出现的一种老题型，这种题是在一篇长度为220 个单词的文章中留出10 个单词的空格，要求考生从15 个备选单词中选出10 个填入空格处，使文章语句通畅，表达正确。 测试重点：考生对连贯性一致性及逻辑关系等语篇语段的整体特征以及单词在实际语境中的理解。既考查宏观结构，又考查微观理解。 15 个单词中3 个名词正确答案+1 个名词干扰答案、3 个动词正确答案+1 个动词干扰答案、 3 个形容词正确答案+2 个形容词干扰答案、 1 个副词正确答案 +1 个副词干扰答案。 解题步骤： 通读全文，抓住中心（首段，首句原则） 阅读选项，词性分类（注意分析动词时态） 全盘考虑，灵活选择（根据所需词性缩小范围，每词只能用一次）复读全文，核查答案（快速复读，用语感判断是否通顺准确）大学英语四级备考笔记：选词填空之答题技巧一答题技巧一： 确定空白处词性以下情况，空白处为动词： 1 n./pron. vt. n./pron. 前有名后有名，中间谓动 2 n./pron. vi. 前名后无名，谓动不及物 3 n./pron. vi. adv./prep. 前名后介副，谓动不及物 4 n./pron. link v./be adj. 前名后形容，be 动或系动 5 to v. 前有to ，后原型注意：确定空白处为动词，还需根据上下文确定正确 形式以下情况，空白处为分词： 过去分词： 1has/have/had p.p（完成时态） 2be p.p（被动语态） 3p.p n. 或n. p.p（过去分词做形容词，表示被动或已发生）现在分词： 1be -ing（进行时态） 2-ing n. 或n.-ing（现在分词做形容词，表示主动或正在进行） 3prep. -ng（介词宾语） 以下情况，空白处为名词： （名词通常做主语或动词介词宾语） 1a/the n. 前有冠词
大学英语四级考试真题及答案(绝对完整） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minute to write a short essay on the topic of students selecting their lectures. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given bellow: 1. 越来越多的博物馆免费对外开放的目的是什么？ 2. 也会带来一些问题 3. 你的看法？ 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. How Do You See Diversity? As a manager, Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the positions with her company .During one interview, she noticed that the candidate never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and somewhat disappointed because she liked the individual otherwise. He had a perfect resume and gave good responses to her questions, but the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,” so she decided to offer the job to her second choice. “It wasn’t until I attended a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany confesses. What she hadn’t known at the time of the interview was that the candidate’s “different” behavior was simply a cultural misunderstanding . He was an Asian-American raised in a household where respect for those in authority was shown by averting(避开) your eyes. “I was just thrown off by the lack of ye contact; not realizing it was cultural,” Tiffany says. “I missed out ,but will not miss that opportunity again.” Many of us have had similar encounters with behaviors we perceive as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming essential to expand our under-standing of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions . Hire Advantage At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult ,employers who can eliminate invalid biases(偏爱) from the process have a distinct advantage .My company, Mindsets LLC ,helps organizations and individuals see their own blind spots . A real estate recruiter we worked with illustrates the positive difference such training can make .
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