大学英语四级复合式听写专项练习
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1. 2010年6月真题复合式听写修改版（对应样卷第26-35题复合式听写）
Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more curious,
less afraid of what he doesn’t know, better at finding and figuring things out（计算出，解决; 弄明白; 合计; ）, more confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and independent
than he will ever be again in his schooling — or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for
the rest of his life. Already（adv.早已，已经; 先前; ）, by paying close attention to and
interacting with（与…相互作用，与…相互影响; 与…相互配合; ） the world and people around
him, and without any school-type formal instruction（n.授课; 教诲; 传授的或获得的知识，课程;
[计算机科学]指令; ）, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and abstract（adj.抽象的，理论上的; 难解的; 抽象派的; 茫然的; n.抽象概念; 抽象派艺术作品; 摘要; [化]萃取物; vt.提取，分离; 转移（注意等）; 概括，摘录; <婉辞>剽窃;） than anything he will be asked to do in school, or
than any of his teachers has done for years. He has solved the mystery of language. He has
discovered it — babies don’t even know that language exists（vi.存在; 生存; 生活; 继续存在; ）
— and he has found out how it works and learned to use it appropriately（adv.适当地; ）. He
has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of
language, by trying it out and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and refining（vt.提炼; 改善; 使高雅; ） it until it does work. And while he has been doing this, he has been
learning other things as well, including many of the “concepts（n.观念，概念; 观点; 思想，设想，想法; 总的印象; ）” that the schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more
complicated（vt.使复杂化; 使错综，使混乱; 使卷入; 变复杂; adj.复杂的; 麻烦的; （昆虫的翅）纵折的; ） than the ones they do try to teach him.
2. 2011年6月真题复合式听写修改版
Contrary(adj.相反的; 违反的，反对的; 对立的; 顽固的，任性的; n.对立或相反的事物; 对立方; [逻]反对命题; adv.相反地，矛盾地; )to the old warning that time waits for no one, time slows down
when you are on the move(在移动中; 在行动; 在进步中; 流动;). It also slows down(（使）慢下来;
（使）生产缓慢， （使）变得迟钝; 车辆慢行) more as you move faster, which means astronauts (宇航员) someday may survive so long in space that they would return to an Earth of the distant
future. If you could move at the speed of light, your time would stand still. If you could move
faster than light, your time would move backward（adj.向后的; 反向的; 怯生生的; 落后的; adv.向后地; 相反地; 回溯地;）.
Although（conj.尽管; 虽然; 但是; 然而;） no form of matter yet discovered moves as fast
as or faster than light, scientific （adj.科学的; 有系统的; 应用科学的; 精通学理的，有学问的; ）experiments have already confirmed（vt.[法]确认，批准; 证实; 使有效; 使巩固;） that
accelerated（vt.（使）加快，（使）增速; 加速，催促; 促进; 速度增加; vi.加快，加速; ） motion causes
a traveler’s time to be stretched（vt.伸展; 张开; 充分利用; 使紧张; n.伸展; 延伸; 紧张; 弹性; vi.伸展; 伸开; adj.可伸缩的; 弹性的; ）. Albert Einstein predicted this in 1905, when he introduced
the concept of relative（adj.相关的; 相对的; 相互有关的; 比较而言的; n.亲属，亲戚; 相关物; 亲缘植物（或动物）; [语法学]关系词; ） time as part of his Special Theory of Relativity. A search is
now under way to confirm the suspected（vt.猜疑（是）; 怀疑，不信任; 怀疑…有罪; n.嫌疑犯; vi.怀疑;
suspectadj.可疑的; ） existence（n.存在，实在; 生活，生活方式; 实体，存在物; ） of particles（n.微粒，颗粒; [数，物]粒子，质点; 极小量; 小品词; ） of matter that moves at a speed greater
than light, and therefore（adv.因此; 所以; 故;
乃; ）, might serve as（充当， 担任; 为;） our
passports（n.护照，通行证; 手段;） to the past.
An obsession (沉迷) with time — saving, gaining, wasting, losing, and mastering（控制） it —
seems to have been part of humanity（n.人类; 人性; 人道; 人文学科; ） for as long as humans
have existed. Humanity also has been obsessed （迷恋）with trying to capture（vt.俘获; 夺取;
夺得; 引起（注意、想像、兴趣）; n.捕获; 占领; 捕获物; [计算机]捕捉） the meaning of time. Einstein
used a definition （n.定义; 规定，明确; [物]清晰度; 解释）of time for experimental purposes, as
that which is measured by a clock. Thus, time and time’s relativity are measurable（adj.可量度的; 可测量的，可预见的; 重大的; ） by any hourglass（n.沙漏; ）, alarm（n.惊恐; 警报; 闹铃; 动员令; vt.使惊恐; 警告; 给（门等）安装警报器; ） clock, or an atomic （adj.原子的; 原子能的，原子武器的; 极微的; ）clock that can measure a billionth of a second.（十亿分之一秒的）
3. 2011年12月真题复合式听写修改版
Our lives are woven （ v.编，织，织成( weave的过去分词 ); 编排; 杜撰; （把…）编成; ）together.
As much as（adv.差不多; 足; ） I enjoy my own company. I no longer（不再，已不） imagine
I can get through （完成; 读完; 穿过; 用完）a single day, much less（更不用说; 何况; ） all my
life, completely on my own. Even if （即使，纵然; 虽然; 即若; 哪怕; ）I am on vacation（在度假中） in the mountains, I am eating food someone else has grown, living in a house someone
else has built, wearing clothes someone else has sewn from cloth woven by others, using
electricity someone else is distributing to my house. （我去度假（在度假中）在山上，我吃别人的成长，生活在一个房子里其他人所建，穿的衣服有人用编织的布，用电是别人分配给我的房子。）Evidence（n.证词; 证据; 迹象; 明显; vt.使明显; 显示; 表明; 证实） of interdependence（ n.互相依赖; 互赖） is everywhere. We are on this journey together.
As I was growing up, I remember being carefully taught that independence not
interdependence was everything. “Make your own way”, “stand on your own two feet”, or
my mother’s favorite remark（n.注意，观察; 话语; 评论，谈论，; vt.& vi.评论; 觉察;） when I was
face-to-face with consequences （n.结果，成果; [逻]结论; 重要性; 推论;）of some action: “Now
that you’ve made your bed, lie on it!” Total independence is a dominant （adj.占优势的; 统治的，支配的; [生]显性的; 高耸的; n.[生]显性性状，显性基因; 优势物种; [乐]全阶第五音; 主因，要素; ）theme（n.[乐]主题; 主旋律; 题目，话题; （学生的）作文; adj.以奇想主题布置的） in our culture. I
imagine that what my parents were trying to teach me was to take responsibility for（承担责任） my actions and my choices. But the teaching was shaped（n.形状; 模型; 状态; 身材; vt.塑造; 使符合; 体现; vi.使成形; 形成; ） by our cultural images, and instead I grew up believing
that I was supposed （vt.假定; 猜想，推测; 认为; 让（用于祈祷语气）; vi.想象，猜想; ）to be totally
“independent” and consequently（adv.所以，因此; ） became very reluctant（adj.不情愿的，勉强的; 顽抗的; 难处理的; 厌恶的; ） to ask for help.
I would do almost anything not to be a burden,（负担）（我做什么都不是一种负担） and
not require any help from anybody.
4. 2012年6月真题复合式听写修改版
Students have been complaining（adj.诉苦的，抱怨的; v.抱怨，诉苦，投诉( complain的现在分词 );
申诉，控诉，抗议; 诉说，申诉，控告[后面常跟从句]; ） more and more about stolen property（n.特性，属性; 财产，地产; [戏]道具; 所有权;）. Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket（ n.口袋，钱
