3星火英语四级美文听力第3篇Exercise

Unit 31~5 BCDBD 6~10 ACADC 11~15 BBCAC 16~20 DCADC 21~25 ADCAB 26~30 CDCBA Dictation 3-1Last week the sun shone and it got quite hot. I decided to put on my light grey summer trousers. But I got a shock. I could not put them on. They were too small. It is possible that they got smaller during the winter, but I do not think so. I am afraid I got bigger. So I am going to eat less and I am going to take more exercise.I am definitely going to lose some weight.Dictation 3-2Everything changes. Once a lot of people went to the cinema to see silent films. Then when talking pictures started nobody wanted to see silent films any more. But people still went to the cinema and everybody knew the names of all the great film stars. Now we have television. People sit at home night after night watching their favorite programs. But what is going to happen to the cinema?Dictation 3-3Dear Mr. Scott,Thank you for your letter of 15th January. You say that you telephoned our office five times in two days and did not receive a reply.I am sorry about this, but we have had problems with our telephone.Dictation 3-4I have a watch. It is a Swiss watch. It is not new and my friends are sometimesa little rude about it. They tell me to buy a new one. But I do not want a new one.I am very happy with my old watch. Last week it stopped. So I took it to the shop.I did not ask for an estimate. Today I went to get it. Do you know how much I had to pay? Five pounds. Five pounds just for cleaning a watch.Dictation 3-5Have you ever thought what it is like to be one of those beautiful girls that you see on the front of fashion magazines? They meet interesting people, they travel to exciting places, and sometimes they make a lot of money. But they have to work hard. They often have to get up very early in the morning, and of course they have to be very careful about what they eat.UNIT 3This is the VOA Special English Health Report.A panic attack is a sudden feeling of terror. Usually it does not last long, but it may feel like forever.The cause can be something as normally uneventful as driving over a bridge or flying in an airplane. And it can happen even if the person has driven over many bridges or flown many times before.A fast heartbeat. Sweaty hands. Difficulty breathing. A lightheaded feeling. At first a person may have no idea what is wrong. But these can all be signs of what is known as panic disorder. The first appearance usually is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four. In some cases it develops after a tragedy, like the death of a loved one, or some other difficult situation.In the United States, the National Institute of Mental Health says more than two million people are affected in any one-year period.The American Psychological Association says panic disorder is two times more likely in women than men. And it can last anywhere from a few months to a lifetime.Panic attacks can be dangerous -- for example, if a person is driving at the time. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge in the state of Maryland is so long and so high over the water, it is famous for scaring motorists. There is even a driver assistance program to help people get across.Test 31—5 BACAC 6—10 ADDCC 11—15 ACBDD 16—20 BACAB21—25 CBDCD26. believed 27. Speaking 28. intense 29. responsible 30. stressed31. bombings 32. district 33. exploded34. A third bomb on another underground train tore a hole through a tunnel wall35. The attacks were timed to cause maximum disruption during the morning rush hour.36. with the underground network still shut down the city’s workers are faced witha long walk home.TEST 3Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At theend of each conversation, one or more questionswill be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the questions will be spokenonly once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the fourchoices marked A), B), C), and D), and decidewhich is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with asingle line through the center.1. M: Hi, Jane. Do you have some change? I have to makea call on the pay phone.W: Pay phone? Why not use my mobile phone? Here you are. Q: What will the man most probably do?2. M: I need to go out. Is it still raining?W: Yes, but it’s starting to let up a little.Q: What does the woman mean?3. W: There are only a few drops left in the can. I guesswe’ll have to buy some in themorning.M: Well, we can finish up this job tomorrow. Let’s just wash out our brushes for now.Q: What will they probably buy in the morning?4. M: I’d like to have some flowers delivered to Peace Hospital.W: Certainly. If you step over here, I’ll show you some arrangements.Q: What is the man going to do?5. M: Has George returned from Europe yet?W: Yes, but he had been only here for three days before his company sent him to America.Q: Where is George now?6. M: Why didn’t you stop when we first signaled?W: I’m sorry. Will I have to pay a fine?Q: What is the probable relationship between the man and the woman?7. W: If I buy some plants for the house, will you water them for me while I’m on holiday?M: Sure I will, if you water mine while I’m on vacation. Q: What will the man do for the woman?8. M: How are your piano lessons going?W: Very well. My teacher thinks I’m making progress.And I find the lessons well-worth the time andeffort.Q: What does the woman think of her piano lessons?Now you will hear two long conversations.Conversation OneM: Excuse me. Have you been waiting long?W: About ten minutes.M: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by? W: Not while I’ve been standing here. I’m waiting for the number seven myself.M: Good. Ho t today, isn’t it?W: Yes, it is. I wish that it would rain and cool off. M: Me too. This is unusual for March. I don’t remember it ever being so hot and dry in March before.W: You’re from Florida then.M: Not really. I was born in New York, but I’ve lived here for ten years now.W: My mother and I have just moved here from Indiana. M: Pretty cold in Indiana, isn’t it?W: Yes. That’s why we moved. But we didn’t know that it would be so hot here. We should have gone to California.Do you think that we’ve missed the bus?M: N o. It’s always a little late.W: It is twenty to one, but my watch is a little fast. M: Don’t worry. It never comes exactly on the half-hour like it should.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. What is the woman doing?10. According to the conversation, what kind of weather is usual for March?11. Where does this conversation take place?12. How often is the bus scheduled to pass their stop?Conversation TwoW: Just a few years ago this city established what is called the Telephone Reassurance Service. It was set up by a volunteer group of people to ring up elderly or handi-capped persons who live alone, to check on whether they are all right and to help cheer them up.M: That sounds like a good idea.W: Well, they had a 97-year-old woman on television to publicize the project. She lived alone and had never been out of the state she was born in. Although she had relatives, nobody seemed to know what had happened to them.M: You say the service has been going for a few years? W: I think it’s five, but it might even be ten years, and now it has about one thousand volunteers and they keep in daily touch with more than twelve hundred people, mostly senior citizens.M: It must be frightening to be old and alone and have no one who has any interest in you.W: The service made its millionth call recently. The volunteer calls once a day and if no one answers, anothercall is made in about an hour. If there is still no answer, a call is placed to a neighbor or to someone who can check to see if the person is all right. The project is supported twenty percent by federal funds and the rest by donations. The volunteers now go through an instruction course before beginning the calls.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. To what extent has the Telephone Reassurance Service now developed?14. How was the Telephone Reassurance Service publicized?15. What is told about the operation of the Telephone Reassurance Service?Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage, you will hear somequestions. Both the passage and the questionswill be spoken only once. After you hear aquestion, you must choose the best answer fromthe four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Thenmark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. Passage OneReligious and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the United States. As a result, they are more expensive to attend. The religious schools in America are usually run by churches. Therefore they tend to be less expensive than private schools. When there is free education available to all children in the United States, why do people spend money on private schools? Americans offer a great variety of reasons for doing so. Some parents send their children to private schools because the classes there are usually smaller. In their opinion the public schools in their area are not of high quality to meet their needs. Private schools in the United States range widely in size and quality, and they offer all kinds of programs to meet the needs of certain students.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. Why is it usually expensive to attend religious and private schools?17. Who usually runs religious schools in the United States?18. What is one of the reasons for people to send their children to private schools?Passage TwoNow research from Australia shows that pets are good for your health. The findings of this new study suggest that people who have pets are at less risk from heart disease than those who do not.The new research was carried out over three years and examined 6,000 people. They took tests that measured a variety of different factors known to be involved in heart disease —blood pressure and blood levels. Also, people were asked about their lifestyles. The 800 people who owned pets had low levels on each of the factors measured thanthose who did not own pets. The study also showed that it did not matter what kind of pet was owned—a cat was as good as a dog—so the benefits could not be attributed to the exercises involved in walking a dog.The question is just how pets manage to make their owners more healthier. The obvious answer is that they make their owners feel more relaxed and happy. The Australian scientists who organized this study commented that if a new drug was available that was as effective as simply having a pet, then this drug would undoubtedly be considered a breakthrough in the control of heart disease.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. What conclusion was drawn from the new research done in Australia?20. Which of the following factors was not measured in the research?21. According to the talk, which of the following statements is true?Passage ThreeHere is an announcement on a university radio station.The Central State University School of Engineering invites you to go fly a kite—that is, once you’ve designed it. This weekend, the Third Annual Kite Competition will take place. Building a kite poses a number of engineering problems. And we want to see how you solve them. As in the two previous years, there are lots of prizes. There will be prizes for the kite with the largest surface area and for the kite with the smallest; for the kite that can lift the heaviest load and for the kite made from the most unusual material; there’s even one for the funniest kite. Of course, all winning kites must be working models; you must be able to fly them at least 100 feet in the air. You don’t have to be an engineering student to compete— all interested students at Central State are invited to enter. Preliminary events take place on Saturday in the Commons south of the Engineering Tower. Final events will be held at the stadium on Sunday afternoon.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have justheard.22. According to the speaker, how many times has the kite competition been held before this year?23. Which of the following would win a prize in the kite competition?24. According to the speaker, who is eligible to enter the competition?25. According to the speaker, when and where will the final portion of the competition be held?Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the firsttime you should listen for its general idea. Thenlisten to the passage again. When the passage isread for the second time, you are required tofill in the blanks numbered from26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For theblanks numbered from 34 to 36 you are requiredto fill in the missing information. For theseblanks, you can either use the exact words youhave just heard or write down the main points inyour own words. Finally, when the passage is readfor the third time, you should check what youhave written.Police in London have warned people to remain cautious following the bomb attacks during Thursday morning’s rush hour on the city’s tran sport system. The attacks are (26) believed to have killed at least fifty people and injured around seven hundred more.(27) Speaking on television just hours after the attacks, the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, promised an (28) intense investigation by the police and security services to track down those (29) responsible. Mr. Blair also said he knew those behind the attacks had acted in the name of Islam but he (30) stressed that the overwhelming majority of Muslims abhorred (憎恨) the (31) bombings as much as he did.The first attack came just before nine in the morning on a train close to the main station in the city’s financial (32) district; minutes later the worst incident occurred: a bomb (33) exploded in a deep underground line, killing more than twenty people. (34) A third bomb on another underground train tore a hole through a tunnel wall, throwing debris onto a nearby track and involving a further two trains. The fourth explosion ripped the roof off a bus.(35) The attacks were timed to cause maximum disruption during the morning rush hour, and (36) with the underground network still shut down the city’s workers are faced with a long walk home.（注：可编辑下载，若有不当之处，请指正，谢谢!）。

2021年6月英语四级第三套真题听力部分及参考答案Section A News ReportDirections：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。

Directions: Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Question 1A) 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 clear.Question 2A) About 2 weeks.B) About 7 days.C) About 1 year.D) About 40 days.Directions: Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.Question 3A) 17.B) 2.3.C) 57.D) 12.Question 4A) It can reduce the time to travel.B) It can reduce the vehicles on roads.C) It can move cargo between north and south.D) All of A、B and C.Directions:Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Question 5A) 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 6A) The boy's father.B) Soldiers, police and volunteers.C) Japan's military.D) Child psychiatrists.Question 7A) On Wednesday night.B) A few minutes later.C) Wednesday.D) Since Saturday.Section B ConversationDirections：In this section，you will hear two long conversations。

淘金式-英语专业四级听力文本-test--03DictationUsing the LibraryYou look for a book in one of two ways: /either you’ll know the author and title of he book, /or else you’ll want a book on a particular subject. /Let’s start with what to do if you know the author’s name and the title of the book./ The first thing is to look up the author’s name in the Author Catalogue./ If you can find a card for the book, /you should then write down three things: /the author, the title and the class number./Now find the class number on the library shelves. / There are notices on the bookcases called shelf guides. / If you find the book on the shelf, / and you want to borrow it, take it to the Issue Desk./ If you can’t find the book, / it means that someone else has borrowed it, / s o you should ask the librarian to reserve it for you.cataloguereservean information desk; a reception desk询问处；服务台Conversation 1W；I'm tired of watching television. Let's go to the movies tonight.M: All right. Do you want to go downtown? Or is there a good movie in the neighborhood?W: I'd rather not spend a lot of money. What does the paper say about neighbourhood theaters?M: Well, the Grand Theater has Gone with the Wind.W: I saw that film years ago. I don't want to see it again. Anyway, it's too long. We wouldn't get home until midnight.M: The Center has a horror film on show. You wouldn't want to see that.W: No, indeed. I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight if I saw it.M: That's about all there is. Unless we change our minds and go downtown.W: No, we just can't afford it. There must be something else we haven't seen. M: Here, look for it yourself. I can't find anything else.W: Look at this!M: What?W: In the television schedule, there's a baseball game on television tonight.M: I wasn't checking TV programs. I was looking at the movie ads.W: I know, but I just happened to notice it. The game is between New York and Boston.M: That ought to be good. I wouldn't mind watching that.W: OK. Let's stay home. We can go to see a movie Friday.Conversation 2M: I have been studying too much and need a change. So I've just made plans to go away during January break.W: Really? Where are you going?M: I'm planning to visit New Mexico.W: My sister and I vacationed there last year and we had a great time.M: Did you get into Albuquerque?W: Sure. We were skiing there.M: Is it far form the mountains?W: Not at all. You see, even though Albuquerque is on a high plateau, there are even higher mountains near it. Just half an hour away from the city there are snow-covered slopes.M: Well. As the mountains are just thirty minutes away. I guess I should take my ice skates and my skis.W: Definitely.M: I heard that the weather there is great.W: It is. No humidity, moderate temperatures, but you doneed to be careful about the high altitude.M: What should I do about that?W: Oh, just take it easy for a few days. Don't go hiking up the mountains or exercise too vigorously. Just do everything gradually.M: I'm sure I will be fine. And I will let you know all about my trip when I come back.plateau高原,高地Conversation 3M: Hi, Lynn. I saw you at registration yesterday.W: Yeah. I waited an hour to sign up for a distance-learning course.M: Distance learning? Never heard of it.W: Well, it’s a new experimental course this semester. It’s only open to psychology majors. I registered for Child Psychology. All I am going to do is watching a twelve-week series of televised lessons. The department shows them several different times a day and in several different locations.M: Don’t you ever have to meet with your professor?W: Yeah. After each part of the series, I have to talk to her and the other students on the phone, you know, about our ideas. Then we will meet on campus three times for reviews and exams.M: It sounds pretty non-traditional to me. But I guess it makes sense, considering how many students have jobs. It must really help with their schedules.W: You know, 80% of all psychology majors were employed. That’s why they came up with the program.M: The only thing is: doesn’t it seem impersonal though? I mean, I miss having class discussions and hearing what other people think.W: Well, I guess that’s why phone contacts are important. Anyway, it’s an experiment. Maybe I will end up hating it.M: Maybe. But I will be curious to see how it works up.Section B passagesPassage 1There are many islands in the sea. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them “Coral Islands”. A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land with trees, grass, and flowers on it. One part of the ring isopen to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island. If you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers. If you look at a piece of coral, you may see little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These sea animals make the coral. They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water. Then the sea brought to it small trees and something else. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island. The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there. So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Don’t they teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is?Coral Islands珊瑚岛Passage 2There are a lot of students who dislike studying history. The problem is not necessarily that the subject is boring. It is just hard to get excited about something when it is presented in a boring manner. I had a different experience though. My American history professor, Dr. Anais Ninn, was unforgettable. When Dr. Ninn described events they seemed to leap from the pages. It was partly because she made it sound like a live radio news report. Dr. Ninn imitated John Adams, a well-known silversmith of the revolutionary period. John Adams helped to organize the colonists who were angry about the way the British seemed to control their lives through unfair taxes. Dr. Ninn imitated the way John Adams had given his speeches and helped to plan the revolutionary activities. She told us how Adams had come up with a plan in 1775 to use two lanterns as signals if the British were going to attack by sea. If the scout saw the lamps, he was supposed to jump on a horse and warn the rest of the Americans of the attack. Professor Ninn described the battles to us in detail. The weapons they used at those times were primitive, but the effects were terrible. If a man was wounded then, he would probably die from the infection. As Professor Ninn described these battles, I felt as though history had come alive.scout侦察, 搜索, 侦察员,Passage 3Let’s proceed to the main exhibit hall and look at some of the actual vehicles that had played a prominent role in speeding up mail delivery. Consider how long it used to take to send a letter across a relatively short distance. Back in the 1600s, it took two weeks on horseback to get a letter from Boston to New York, a distance of about 200 miles. Crossing a river was also a challenge. Ferry service was so irregular that a carrier would sometimes wait hours just to catch a ferry. For journeys inland there was always a stagecoach. But the ride was by no means comfortable because it had to be shared with other passengers. In the 19th century in the southwestern desert, for example, camels were brought in to help to get the mail through. In Alaska, reindeer were used. This practice was discontinued because of the disagreeable temper of these animals. It was duringthe age of the iron horse that delivery really started to pick up. In fact, the United States transported most bulk of mails by train for nearly 100 years. The first animal service didn’t start until 1918. As you continue on your own, may I suggest you visit our impressive philatelic collection? Not only can you look at some of the more unusual stamps issued b ut also you would notice that there’s an interesting exhibit on how stamps are made.ferry渡船stagecoach公共马车reindeer驯鹿philatelic collection集邮展Section 3 News1.As you might expect, these attacks in London have had an effect on the global financial markets. Initially the news produces steep falls on the European exchanges. Well what’s very striking is that the share markets are actually proving rather than resilient. And there were these big falls on the European exchanges on Thursday, but that hasn’t be en the case around the world. In East Asia for example, Tokyo’s Nikkei average is actually up just under half a percent, and that’s taking a lead from New York, where the DOW finished up 0.3% on Thursday. That is a big contrast with the European exchanges. What we are not seeing is the kind of sustained falls that we saw after the events of 9.11. So the markets are taking a much more pragmatic view this time.resilient弹回的,有回弹力的News 2Now to Hollywood, where there’s a lot of anticipation this weekend for t he release of a new film called, Mr. And Mrs. Smith. The movie stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—you’ve probably heard of them. They’ve been getting an awful lot of press lately, and not just about the movie. The question is, with all that press, will tha t mean big ticket sales? In a business governed by the motto, “Any publicity is good publicity.”, you’d think Mr. and Mrs. Smith would be a guaranteed hit, given the saturation coverage of alleged romance between the co-stars. Historically, however, movies that mix on and off-screen romance have a spotty record at the box office, especially when that off-screen romance gets a lot of media attention.saturation 饱和,浸透alleged所谓的,声称的on and off-screen romanceNews 3Ministers from seven eastern African countries said they would impose economic and travel sanction on clan warlords in Somalia who were, last April, ousted by an Islamic militia from the capital Somalia. Kenya has already announced its refusing the warlords’ bank accounts and banning them from entering the country. The Kenya Foreign Minister R.T. said the warlords should not enjoy privileges while creating miseries in Somalia. “We will not allow themto bring their kids to school here. We will not allow them to enjoy the facilities in our five-star hotels when they create hell in their own country.”sanction制裁clan warlords部落/宗族军阀首脑oust驱逐,剥夺News 4Indigenous people from the world’s northern polar regions, the Inuit, say climate change is threatening to destroy their culture. An Inuit spokeswoman told an international conference in Milan, that the problem facing her people were an early warning for the rest of the world. Around 150,000 Inuits still pursue their traditional way of life in northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and the far east of Russia. But they say their livelihoods and lives are are increasingly threatened by global warming, which melts the sea ice from which they hunt, causes mudslides, and destroys the habitats of the wildlife on which they depend.Indigenous本土的News 5One of Russi a’s most ambitious economic reforms could finally get the go-ahead today. The plan to dismantle the world’s largest power company would create free market in electricity. Russia is on the verge of introducing its most ambitious economic reforms to date, liberalizing the state-controlled electricity sector. After two years of bitter debate, a highly controversial plan to break up the world’s largest electricity company should get the go-ahead today. Unified Energy Systems employs about 700,000 workers and is due to be split into many different companies in an effort to introduce competition into the market. But UES is also very inefficient and in desperate need of new plant and equipment.go-ahead放行许可News 6Spain’s Upper House of Parliament, the Senate, hav e voted against the proposal to legalize gay marriage. The move follows a huge demonstration in Madrid at the weekend by conservative groups opposed to the socialist government’s full equality agenda. The legislation remains likely to become law anyway. It would make traditionally Catholic Spain the country with the highest recognition of homosexual rights in Europe. The Senate defeated the gay marriage bill when members of the Catalan Christian Democrat Party joined the conservative opposition Popular party in opposing it. Their political group ranked amongst the tens of thousands,including nuns and bishops, who demonstrated against the measure in Madrid on Saturday.bishop主教。

3册听力原文及四级模拟翻译1---- Hello class.Before we go on with our journey of English learning, I would like to say a few words about your learning activities in the previous semester. You did a good job in listening, speaking, reading and writing, respectively. More important, all of you, along with me, explored both the world of knowledge and the world of the English language, and discovered more than expected. No doubt you deserve recognition and praise for your learning efforts. It is my deepest hope that such remarks will continue to inspire you to do the same in the coming semester.What do you think of my opening remarks? Nothing less than a word of praise? Right! Now we are going to “feel” the power of praise in Unit One.As you know, words alone cannot hurt physically, but can hurt so deeply on an emotional level, so much so that a person can become physically ill. It is the power of negative words, isn’t it? On the other hand, there exists the power of positive words. This is magic4 of praise.A word of praise, as we can learn from Fulton Oursler here, can help us build our self-confidence. And also it can convey our appreciation and reassurance to anyone else. Simply put ，something good can be said about everyone.Maybe it is hard for you to define a word of praise. But you will know it when you feel it in your personal life.2------- Hi class,Today let’s begin with two words: creativity1 and intelligence. Did you know that creativity is not the same as intelligence? You can be far more creative than intelligent, or far more intelligent than creative. Which do you belong to, theformer or the latter? Here’s one more question of whether it is more important to be creative than to be intelligent, or vice versa2, in life and work, and education.I wou ld say that if you always think the way you’ve always thought, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten. It is time you woke your dormant3 creativity. As author Michael Drury argues, creativity is not the special gift of a favored4 few. Actually, each of you can think like a genius. When confronted5 with a problem, you can ask “How many different ways can I look it?” “How can I rethink the way I see it?” and “How many different ways can I solve it?” instead of “What have I been taught by someone else on how to solve this?”This is the way you can be creative. Be creative and you’ll have a productive and meaningful future. Now, let’s learn more about how to be creative by reading the text Of Cours e You’re Creative!4----Hi class,Do you have any PE classes today? How often do you meet in the gym or at the track field every week? Personally, I prefer jogging. And which sport do you take to1?As you know, sports are part of life on campus. I would say that a college student without a habit of doing physical exercises is one without feeling whole. You know what I mean? The point I am trying to make is that you can hardly be a healthy and all-round2 student without physical exercises while you are pursuing your goals and ideals.Well, how much do you know about sport? It is a big question, isn’t it? As author Calabrese argues, it’s not just a game, which means that it can be perceived from different perspectives with so many enquiring3questions. At the moment,you most probably look at sports from a physical and mental perspective. You would say that it contributes to your physical and mental health and wellbeing4.That’s for sure5.Let’s go beyond that by asking further questions: How come sports have been around since the beginning of the human species? What is the ultimate value of sports? What are we supposed to play for, pleasure or competition? Why are so many countries crazy about the Football World Cup?Here author Calabrese presents different perspectives on sports. Let’s explo re what they are.6----Hi class,What a tense week! What a tight schedule this week! Everybody is keeping busy with the school courses and their requirements . Don’t tell me you even have no time for breathing! Well, that’s the way it is . We have to p ut up with the fast pace of life. Is it true?True, most of us live in time segments by engagement calendars. We tend to be time-driven and generally rushed. As a result, we are likely to act hastily6, and even lose control.Concerning the fast pace of life, one wonders: Are you happy? Are you happy when you are swamped by your packed schedule? Are you happy when you are too busy to take time off for yourself, your family, or your friends? Think about it.Happiness has much to do with the quality of life. All men seek pleasure, which forms one of the fundamental values of all human existence. It is no good working, working and still working. Take time off for yourself to smell the flowers, stay physically active in social engagements and interactions and you will be happy enjoying work.I am sure you can better understand this by reading the article Happiness Is First Things First by Linda Weltner.7------Hello everybody. On your journey of English learning, you may have come to realize the importance of knowing cultural differences in learning a foreign language.But, have you ever noticed that body language can have a cultural accent , too? For example, the Chinese stamp their feet to show anger, and Americans interpret this as impatience. The Chinese clap for themselves after a speech, while Americans may see this asimmodest. When giving or receiving a gift, the Chinese use two hands to denote respect, but for Americans, this well-intended gesture always goes unnoticed .How about the way people in two cultures view their environments? The Chinese would like to build walls around a campus, a working site, or a living area, which can be traced back to the Great Walls. This often appears strange to Americans. While visiting, curious guests would inevitably ask questions about their existence.Well, my point to all this is that to know cultural differences is trying to get used to them —to live with them, because they can add spice to our coexistence . Such an appreciation can also h elp us learn better and communicate better in today’s world.Now, the article we’re going to read, Chinese Place, American Space, is written by a Chinese-American author Yifu Tuan. His experiences will provide us insight into how people in two different c u ltures view the “place” or “space” around them.The Duanwu Festival, also called the Dragon Boat Festival, is cerebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to theChinese calendar. It is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. There are various celebration activities on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, among which eating rice dumplings and dragon boat race are important customs. There are many legends on the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. Some people say it is to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan, while some others think it is to memorialize Wu Zixu, a famous military strategist in the Warring State Period. However, the legend on Qu Yuan is the most widely spread. In the mind of most Chinese people, the conventions of eating rice dumplings and dragon boat race in the festival are all closed related to the commemoration of Qu Yuan.As China is rising as a political and economic world power, thanks to its three-decade reform and opening up, more and more people in overseas countries start to learn Chinese and turn to a Confucius Institute in their own countries as their first choice learning Chinese language and Chinese culture. During the learning process, the learners develop their interest in this ancient land, whose civilization is so vastly different from theirs. And the learners have opportunities to learn about Chinese philosophy, art, architecture, medicine and catering culture and experience first-hand the splendors of this venerable civilization. As the second culture, Chinese culture has enriched the life and world outlook of the learners.Paper cutting is one of China's most popular traditional folk arts. Chinese paper cutting has a history of more than 1,500years. It was widespread particularly during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. People often beautify their homes with paper cutting. During the Spring Festival and wedding celebrations, in particular, paper cuttings are used to decorate doors, windows and rooms in order to enhance the joyous atmosphere. The color mostfrequently used in paper cutting is red, which symbolizes health and prosperity. Chinese paper cutting is very popular around the world and it is often given as a present to foreign friends.。

Unit 31~5 BCDBD 6~10 ACADC 11~15 BBCAC 16~20 DCADC 21~25 ADCAB 26~30 CDCBADictation 3-1Last week the sun shone and it got quite hot. I decided to put on my light grey summer trousers. But I got a shock. I could not put them on. They were too small. It is possible that they got smaller during the winter, but I do not think so. I am afraid I got bigger. So I am going to eat less and I am going to take more exercise. I am definitely going to lose some weight.Dictation 3-2Everything changes. Once a lot of people went to the cinema to see silent films. Then when talking pictures started nobody wanted to see silent films any more. But people still went to the cinema and everybody knew the names of all the great film stars. Now we have television. People sit at home night after night watching their favorite programs. But what is going to happen to the cinema?Dictation 3-3Dear Mr. Scott,Thank you for your letter of 15th January. You say that you telephoned our office five times in two days and did not receive a reply.I am sorry about this, but we have had problems with our telephone.Dictation 3-4I have a watch. It is a Swiss watch. It is not new and my friends are sometimes a little rude about it. They tell me to buy a new one. But I do not want a new one. I am very happy with my old watch. Last week it stopped. So I took it to the shop. I did not ask for an estimate. Today I went to get it. Do you know how much I had to pay? Five pounds.Five pounds just for cleaning a watch.Dictation 3-5Have you ever thought what it is like to be one of those beautiful girls that you see on the front of fashion magazines? They meet interesting people, they travel to exciting places, and sometimes they make a lot of money. But they have to work hard. They often have to get up very early in the morning, and of course they have to be very careful about what they eat.UNIT 3This is the VOA Special English Health Report.A panic attack is a sudden feeling of terror. Usually it does not last long, but it may feel like forever.The cause can be something as normally uneventful as driving over a bridge or flyingin an airplane. And it can happen even if the person has driven over many bridges or flown many times before.A fast heartbeat. Sweaty hands. Difficulty breathing. A lightheaded feeling. At first a person may have no idea what is wrong. But these can all be signs of what is known as panic disorder.The first appearance usually is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four. In some cases it develops after a tragedy, like the death of a loved one, or some other difficult situation.In the United States, the National Institute of Mental Health says more than two million people are affected in any one-year period.The American Psychological Association says panic disorder is two times more likely in women than men. And it can last anywhere from a few months to a lifetime. Panic attacks can be dangerous -- for example, if a person is driving at the time. The Chesapeake BayBridge in the state of Maryland is so long and so high over the water, it is famous for scaring motorists. There is even a driver assistance program to help people get across.Test 31—5 BACAC 6—10 ADDCC 11—15 ACBDD 16—20 BACAB21—25 CBDCD26. believed 27. Speaking 28. intense 29. responsible 30. stressed31. bombings 32. district 33. exploded34. A third bomb on another underground train tore a hole through a tunnel wall35. The attacks were timed to cause maximum disruption during the morning rush hour.36. with the underground network still shut down the city’s workers are faced with a long walk home.TEST 3Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, oneor more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spokenonly once. After each question there will be a pause.During the pause, you must read the four choicesmarked A), B), C), and D), and decide which is the bestanswer. Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2with a single line through the center.1. M: Hi, Jane. Do you have some change? I have to make a call on the pay phone.W: Pay phone? Why not use my mobile phone? Here you are.Q: What will the man most probably do?2. M: I need to go out. Is it still raining?W: Yes, but it’s starting to let up a little.Q: What does the woman mean?3. W: There are only a few drops left in the can. I guess we’ll haveto buy some in themorning.M: Well, we can finish up this job tomorrow. Let’s just wash out our brushes for now.Q: What will they probably buy in the morning?4. M: I’d like to have some flowers delivered to PeaceHospital.W: Certainly. If you step over here, I’ll show you some arrangements.Q: What is the man going to do?5. M: Has George returned from Europe yet?W: Yes, but he had been only here for three days before his company sent him toAmerica.Q: Where is George now?6. M: Why didn’t you stop when we first signaled?W: I’m sorry. Will I have to pay a fine?Q: What is the probable relationship between the man and the woman?7. W: If I buy some plants for the house, will you water them for me while I’m on holiday?M: Sure I will, if you water mine while I’m on vacation.Q: What will the man do for the woman?8. M: How are your piano lessons going?W:Very well. My teacher thinks I’m making progress. And I find the lessonswell-worththe time and effort.Q: What does the woman think of her piano lessons?Now you will hear two long conversations.Conversation OneM: Excuse me. Have you been waiting long?W: About ten minutes.M: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by?W: Not while I’ve been standing here. I’m waiting for the number seven myself.M: Good. Ho t today, isn’t it?W: Yes, it is. I wish that it would rain and cool off.M: Me too. This is unusual for March. I don’t remember it ever being so hot and dry in March before.W: You’re from Florida then.M: Not really. I was born in New York, but I’ve lived here for ten years now.W: My mother and I have just moved here from Indiana.M: Pretty cold in Indiana, isn’t it?W: Yes. That’s why we moved. But we didn’t know that it would beso hot here. We should have gone to California. Do you think that we’ve missed the bus?M: No. It’s always a little late.W: It is twenty to one, but my watch is a little fast.M: Don’t worry. It never comes exactly on the half-hour like it should.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. What is the woman doing?10. According to the conversation, what kind of weather is usual for March?11. Where does this conversation take place?12. How often is the bus scheduled to pass their stop?Conversation TwoW: Just a few years ago this city established what is called the Tele-phone Reassurance Service. It was set up by a volunteer group of people to ring up elderly or handicapped persons who live alone, to check on whether they are all right and to help cheer them up.M: That sounds like a good idea.W: Well, they had a 97-year-old woman on television to publicize the project. She lived alone and had never been out of the state she was born in. Although she had relatives,nobody seemed to know what had happened to them.M: You say the service has been going for a few years?W: I think it’s five, but it might even be ten years, and now it has about onethousand volunteers and they keep in daily touch with more than twelve hundred people, mostly senior citizens.M: It must be frightening to be old and alone and have no one who has anyinterest in you.W: The service made its millionth call recently. The volunteer calls once a day and if no one answers, another call is made in about an hour. If there is still no answer, a call is placed to a neighbor or to someone who can check to see if the person is all right. The project is supported twenty percent by federal funds and the rest by donations. The volunteers now go through an instruction course before beginning the calls.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. To what extent has the Telephone Reassurance Service now developed?14. How was the Telephone ReassuranceService publicized?15. What is told about the operation of theTelephone Reassurance Service?Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both thepassage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the center.Passage OneReligious and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the United States. As a result, they are more expensive to attend. The religious schools in America are usually run by churches. Therefore they tend to be less expensive than privateschools. When there is free education available to all children in the United States, why do people spend money on private schools? Americans offer a great variety of reasons for doing so. Some parents send their children to private schools because the classes there are usually smaller. In their opinion the public schools in their area are not of high quality to meet their needs. Private schools in the United States range widely in size and quality, and they offer all kinds of programs to meet the needs of certain students.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. Why is it usually expensive to attend religious and private schools?17. Who usually runs religious schools in the United States?18. What is one of the reasons for people to send their children to private schools?Passage TwoNow research from Australia shows that pets are good for your health. The findings of this new study suggest that people who have pets are at less risk from heart disease than those who do not.The new research was carried out over three years and examined 6,000 people. They took tests that measured a variety of different factors known to be involved in heart disease —blood pressure and blood levels. Also, people were asked about their lifestyles. The 800 people who owned pets had low levels on each of the factors measured than those who did not own pets. The study also showed that it did not matter what kind of pet was owned—a cat was as good as a dog—so the benefits could not be attributed to the exercises involved in walking a dog.The question is just how pets manage to make their owners more healthier. The obvious answer is that they make their owners feel more relaxed and happy. The Australian scientists who organized this study commented that if a new drug was available that was as effective as simply having a pet, then this drug would undoubtedly be considered a breakthrough in the control of heart disease.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. What conclusion was drawn from the new research done in Australia?20. Which of the following factors was not measured in the research?21. According to the talk, which of the following statements is true?Passage ThreeHere is an announcement on a university radio station.The Central State University School of Engineering invites you to go fly a kite—that is, once you’ve designed it. This weekend, the Third Annual Kite Competition will take place. Building a kite poses a number of engineering problems. And we want to see how you solve them. As in the two previous years, there are lots of prizes. There will be prizes for the kite with the largest surface area and for the kite with the smallest; for the kite that can lift the heaviest load and for the kite made from the most unusual material; there’s even one for the funniest kite. Of course, all winning kites must be working models; you must be able to fly them at least 100 feet in the air. You don’t have to be an engineering student to compete—all interested students at CentralState are invited to enter. Preliminary events take place on Saturday in the Commons south of the EngineeringTower. Final events will be held at the stadium on Sunday afternoon.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. According to the speaker, how many times has the kite competition been held before this year?23. Which of the following would win a prize in the kite competition?24. According to the speaker, who is eligible to enter the competition?25. According to the speaker, when and where will the final portion of the competition be held?Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time you shouldlisten for its general idea. Then listen to the passageagain. When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For theblanks numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fillin the missing information. For these blanks, you caneither use the exact words you have just heard or writedown the main points in your own words. Finally, whenthe passage is read for the third time, you should checkwhat you have written.Police in London have warned people to remain cautious fo llowing the bomb attacks during Thursday morning’s rush hour on the city’s transport system. The attacks are (26) believed to have killed at least fifty people and injured around seven hundred more.(27) Speaking on television just hours after the attacks, the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, promised an (28) intense investigation by the police and security services to track down those (29) responsible. Mr. Blair also said he knew those behind the attacks had acted in the name of Islam but he (30) stressed that the overwhelming majority of Muslims abhorred (憎恨) the (31) bombings as much as he did.The first attack came just before nine in the morning on a train close to the main station in the city’s financial (32) district; minutes later the worst incident occurred: a bomb (33) exploded in a deep underground line, killing more than twenty people. (34) A thirdbomb on another underground train tore a hole through a tunnel wall, throwing debrisonto a nearby track and involving a further two trains. The fourth explosion ripped the roof off a bus.(35) The attacks were timed to cause maximum disruption during the morning rush hour, and (36) with the underground network still shut down the city’s workers are faced with a long walk home.。

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2021年12月18日考试真题答案 第三套试题By 台风天搞农业CET 4试卷结构与分值：英语四级总分710分，合格分数425分。

按照四级分数线分值分布计算可得：阅读占35%，总分为248.5分，按比例计算过线至少要考148分，具体分数比例如下：1、听力News Report One(1)A 22-year-old Chinese woman who suffered from a persistent cough was shocked to learn that she had a piece of chicken bone lodged in her lung.The unnamed woman from the province of Shandong started have coughing problems when she was 7 or 8 years old.For 14 years,she made numerous hospital visits.However,no doctor could identify any problem.Her uncontrollable coughing was a mystery.Finally,the woman got a full body scan at a hospital in the city of Qingdao.This special medical procedure revealed she had a chicken bone stuck in her lung.(2)Doctors performed surgery and removed the bone.The simple procedure went smoothly and the woman has recovered fully with the bone finally removed from her lung,the woman is very happy that she no longer suffers from that annoying cough.1.What was the woman’s problem?2.How was the woman’s problem eventually solved?News Report Two(3)A white shape named Prickles that ran away from an Australian farm during the 2013 bush fires recently returned home.According to farmer Alice Gray,Prickles was only a lamb when she ran away.The bush fires that hit the area back then destroyed a large part of her family’s massive property.They thought Prickles had died in the fire.But instead,the young sheep escaped into a 200-acre forest near the farm.(4)Once the fires were over,the family had to fix the damage done to the farm as it was such a large property,which included rebuilding about 40 kilometers of fencing.It was this huge fencing that prevented Pickles from finding her way back.Over the years,the family spotted her a few times.They even recorded her with cameras installed to monitor the activity.But when they knew Pringles was alive,they couldn’t find her and never expected her to return by herself.Seven years later,they were proven wrong.3.What does the news say about the white sheep Prickles?4.What the family do of the bush fires?News Report Three(5)Tons of gold have fallen out of the sky in Russia after a cargo plane malfunctioned in midair this morning.The aircraft was carrying 265 million pounds worth of gold and diamonds,when the door flew open,sending the precious metal back to earth.According to the official news agency,Russian authorities have recovered more than 170 gold bars weighing 20 kilograms each.The plane was traveling from Yakutsk airport in a major diamond producing region to the city Krasnoyarsk in Siberia.(6)However,the aircraft made an emergency landing in Magan after began losing some of its valuable cargo.Reports suggest some bars of gold were scattered up to fifteen miles away from the airport.Nine tons of gold on plane AN12 belonged to a gold mine company.Police have sealed off the runway and say it is unclear if it was an accident or an attempted robbery.(7)Technical engineers who worked on the plane prior to takeoff are reportedly going to be questioned by the police.5.What is the news report mainly about?6.What did the aircraft do when the incident happened?7.What does the news report say about the technical engineers who worked on the plane before takeoff?Conversation One8.Why does the man have this conversation with the man recorded?His job is related to the customer service.9.What is the woman’s purpose of calling to the furniture company?She wants to know when she can get her money back.10.What does the woman say about her bank card?The new bank card will be sent to her on Tuesday,and the bank may has canceled the old one before the man made the payment.11.What does the man advise the woman to do?She needs to update the card details directly on the website.Conversation Two12.Why isn’t the man going to cook?He’s worn out.13.What does the man say he’ll do on his phone?He’ll use the food delivery app on his phone.14.What does the woman think of the Indian food?That’s not the kind of the hot she means.She needs something mild.15.What does the man think of the woman?She’s really difficult to please.Passage One(16)A new study carried out by the university of Lincoln has founda link between the personalities of cat owners and the behavior and wellbeing of their cats.The findings suggest that just as apparent personality can affect the personality of a child,the same is true for a cat and its owner.Owners defined as individuals with high levels of anxiety,fear,anger,depression and loneliness were more likely to have cats with behavioral issues.Such cats display more aggressive and anxious behavioral styles as well as more stress related sickness.They will also more likely to have an ongoing medical condition and be overweight.The research also found that mentally well-adjusted owners had come from happier and healthier cats.Researchers explained that many owners regard their pets as a family member and form close social bonds with them.(17)The majority of owners want to provide the best care for their pets and is therefore possible that pets could be affected by the way their owners interact with and manage them.The study highlights an important relationship between our personalities and the well-being of our pets.(18)Further research is needed to investigate the cause of nature of this relationship and look at how owners’personalities are directly influencing their pet’s behavior and well-being.It is possible that the well-being of pets is driven by theunderlying nature of the owner not simply by their conscious decisions and behaviors.16.What do we learn from the new study by the University of Lincoln?17.What does the passage say most pet owners want to do?18.What does the passage say it’s still needed to understand the effectsof owners’personalities on their pets?Passage Two(19)One 50-minute run can add seven hours to your life.This was a claim made by The Times last week.The claim was based on a new review of studies about the effects of running.The review concluded that an average runners live three years longer than non-runners and that running does more to extend life than any other form of exercise.But there’s more to running than its health benefits.(20)Research published in recent years have shown that running changes your brain and mind in some fascinating ways from increasing your brain function to regulating your emotions.However,the precise effects vary according to whether you engagein short fast running or long distance running.For example,in one study,researchers compared participants’ability to learn new words after several minutes of intense running,and after 40 minutes of gentle running,participants were able to learn 20 percent faster after the intense running and they showed a superior memory when tested again a week later.In another study,researchers asked volunteers to jog for 30 minutes and then showed them clips from a sad movie.Participants who usually struggled to handle negative emotions were more intensely affected by the sad clips just as you’d expect.But crucially,this was less so if they had completed the 30 minutes jog.(21)The researchers said moderate exercise appears to have helped those participants to be less vulnerable to the impactof the sad movie.19.What did the new review of studies claim?20.What is one effect that running has on people according to recent research?21.What did another study find about the participant after they had a 30 minutes jog?Passage ThreeWelcome to the tour of the Hill House.This house built in 1904 is one of the most well-known works of Charles Hill,the famous architect.It was designed and built for local entrepreneur and his family.Before starting the tour,let me give you a brief introduction about the design of this amazing building.(23)Prior to beginning his design,the architect spends sometime in the client’s old home,observing their life and studying their habits.This meant that he could design the house according to the needs of the family.(24)The client’s main desire was to have a home with unique design,so the architect was given complete freedom.The building style is radically different from what was the fashion of the period.At the time,most large homes were constructed of timber and brick.This one,however,is made of concrete,a novel construction material in those days.The interior of the house,including the fittings and furniture,was also designed by the same person.Most of the furniture you will see is original and in good condition.However,(25)both pieces in the children’s bedrooms are copies built to the designs of the architect.Fortunately,all the blueprints for both the building and its contents have been preserved,so we’ve been able to replace badly damaged furniture.Let’s begin our tour,starting from the rooms.22.What do we learn about the speaker?He is the guide of the tour.23.What dis the architect do before beginning his design?24.What did the architect’s client mainly want?25.What do we learn about the pieces of furniture in the children’s bedrooms?1.D)He did an unusual good deed2.C)Give some money to the waiter3.A)Whether or not to move to the state's mainland4.B)It costs too much money5.A)To investigate whether people are grateful for help6.C)They held doors open for people at various places7.B)Most people express gratitude for help8.C)To enquire about solar panel installation9.D)He has a large family.10.B)The cost of a solar panel installation11.D)About five years12.A)At a travel agency13.D)She wanted to spend more time her family.14 D)Two weeks.15.A)Choosing some activities herself16.D)Pay a green tax upon arrival17.A)It has not been doing a good job in recycling.18.B)To ban single-use plastic bags and straws on Bali land.19.D)Its population is now showing signs of increase20.C)Commercial hunting21.D)To seek breeding grounds22.C)They consume less milk these days23.A)It is not as healthy as once thought24.C)They lack the necessary proteins to digest it25.B)It provides some necessary nutrients2、选词填空∶Many people believe that commitment are the foundations of..26.O)unique27.)possess28.D)endure29.C)confused30.J)presence31.B)assess32.Flgenius33.A)acknowledge34.M)surprising35.G)highly3、信息匹配：Why it matters that teens are reading less?36.[E]That may be true,but that still does not tell us much about what happens across a whole generation of people when time spent on digital media rge surveys con-ducted over the course of many years tell us that American youth are not going to the cinema nearly as often as they did in the past.37.<B>Analysis of surveys of over one million teens in the United States collected since 1976 reveals a major shift in how teens are spending their leisure time.Paper books are being ignored,in favor of screens.…….38.[G]Indeed,the number of senior high school students who said they had not read any books for pleasure in the last year was one out of three by 2016.That is triple the number from two decades ago.……39.[D]If teens are spending so much time using electronic devices,does that mean they have to give activities?Maybe not.Over the years,many scholars have insisted that time online does not necessarily take away time spent engaging with traditional media or on other activities.…40[.A]Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago.But today's teens have grown up with pared with teens a couple of de-cades ago,the way they interact with traditional media like books and movies is fundamentally different.…41.[H]]This might present problems for young people later on.When high school students go on to college,their past and current reading habits will influence their academic per-formance.….42.[c]Teens did not always spend that much time with digi-tal media.Online time has doubled since 2006,and social media use has moved from a periodic activity to a daily one in the same period.By 2016,nearly nine out of ten young women in the 12th grade said they visited social media sites every day.……43.[F]But the treads related to movies are less disturbing compared with the change in how teens spend their time.Research has revealed an enormous decline in reading.In 1980,about 60 percent of senior high school students said they read a book,newspaper or magazine every day that was not assigned for school.By 2016,only 16 percent did.44.<B>Analysis of surveys of over one million teens in the United States collected since 1976 reveals a major shift in how teens are spending their leisure time.Paper books are being ignored,in favor of screens.……45.[E]That may be true,but that still does not tell us much about what happens across a whole generation of people when time spent on digital media rge surveys conducted over the course of many years tell us that American youth are not going to the cinema nearly as often as they did in the past.….4、仔细阅读：Have you ever wondered how acceptable it is to hug or touchsomeone?46.C)Its absence might suggest a lack of warmth in interpersonal relationships.47.D)How close the communicator‘s relationships are.48.B)They take touching as a cultural norm in social interactions.49.A)Men can show friendship in public through physical affection.50.D)Take other people's preference into consideration.From climate change to the ongoing pandemic(大流行病)and beyond，the issues facing today's world are increasingly complex and dynamic.51.A)It faces problems that are getting more varied and compli-cated.52.C)People are divided about the nature of interest.53.D)How a growth mindset of interest can contribute to crossdisciplinarythinking.54.C)Making innovative products needs multidisciplinary products.55.B)Broadening their interests.5、翻译：坎儿井(Karez)是新疆干旱地区的一种水利系统，由地下渠道将水井连接而成。

Model Test ThreePart I Writing(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write a short essay.You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the huge difficulty of teenagers’homework.You should write at least120words but no more than180words.Part II Listening Comprehension(25minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four 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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions1and2are based on the news report you have just heard.1.A)The law of weapon purchasing in Illinois State.B)The relationship between crime and mental illness.C)The graduate student of Northern Illinois University.D)The shooting happened in Northern Illinois University.2.A)The gunman has mental disease.B)The gunman is dissatisfied with the university.C)The gunman is dissatisfied with the lecture.D)It is not clear.Questions3and4are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A)It has been influenced by war.B)It is devalued by its government.C)It is more competitive than before.D)It has turned into a global currency.4.A)Most experts support the four countries’currency change.B)The meeting on Friday is useless for global recovery.C)Currency wars threaten global economic recovery.D)Policymakers should cooperate with central bankers.Questions5to7are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A)The preservation of coastal resorts.C)The gap between the rich and the poor.B)The closure of political disputes.D)The commitments to reduce carbon emissions.6.A)Promising.B)Hopeful.C)Disappointing.D)Satisfying.7.A)18.C)94.B)80.D)194.Section BDirections：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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions8to11are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A)He eats a lot after marriage.B)He sleeps a lot after marriage.C)He exercises less after marriage.D)He drinks a lot after marriage.9.A)Its membership is expensive.B)Its membership is inexpensive.C)Most of its members work out two times a week.D)Most of its members are white-collar workers.10.A)She is under20years old.B)She is in her20s.C)She is under30years old.D)She is in her30s.11.A)Buy a ticket for the health club.B)Bring a guest pass.C)Make a membership card.D)Borrow the woman’s card.Questions12to15are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A)Ask her assistant to wet the man’s hair.B)Talk with the man about his hair.C)Communicate with her assistant about the haircut.D)Show the man the latest style.13.A)It is dry and thick.B)It is very curly.C)It is dry and has split ends.D)It is quite oily.14.A)His diet.B)His habit.C)His living environment.D)His inheritance.15.A)Use air blower to make the hair dry.B)Use shampoo of high quality.C)Let the hair dry naturally.D)Cut hair once a week.Section CDirections: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 Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.Questions16to18are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A)People can buy sliced bread at stores.B)There was no sliced bread at stores.C)There was no delicious bread at stores.D)People made bread at home and never bought it.17.A)From the customer.B)From the ingredient.C)From the balloon.D)From the tradition.18.A)It is full of delicious bread.C)It is full of colorful balloons.B)It looks very serious.D)It is covered with oaintings.Questions20to22are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A)A skin care brand.B)A leather brand.C)A watch brand.D)A daily use brand.20.A)Most of it comes from skin care line.C)50%of it is derived from foundation.B)More than half of it is from makeup.D)25%of it is from makeup brushes.21.A)It was invented in1968.C)It cannot deal with skin problems such as burning.B)It is available in every store.D)It is designed for pre-and post-operation skin care. Questions23to25are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A)They get more freedom.C)They shoulder more social responsibilities.B)They encounter more pressure.D)They are required to do better at researching.23.A)They teach students how to research and write.B)They ask students to study independently.C)They help students to learn about society.D)They communicate with students frequently.24.A)They prevent students from thinking.B)They don’t provide enough explanations for facts.C)They don’t offer informative researches.D)They don’t have basic facts.25.A)Take encyclopedias as their mere information resource.B)Focus on more information of specific topics.C)Be independent from their professors.D)Accumulate their own evidence from broader sources.PartⅢReading Comprehension(40minutes)Section ADirections: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 Sheet2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions26to35are based on the following passage.Cloud-to–ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon,yet their power is extraordinary.Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity.This enormous electrical discharge is caused by an___26___between positive and negative charges.During a storm,colliding particles(对撞粒子)of rain,ice,or snow____27____this imbalance and often negatively charge the lower reaches of storm clouds.Objects on the ground,become positively charged-creating an imbalance that nature seeks to remedy by passing current between the two charges.A step-like series of negative charges,called a stepped leader,___28____its way increasingly downward from the bottom of a storm cloud toward the Earth.Each of these segments is about46meters long.When the lowermost step comes within46meters of a positively charged___29____it is met by a climbing surge of positive electricity,which can rise up through a building,or even a person.The process forms a___30___through which electricity is transferred as lightning.Some types of lightning never leave the clouds but___31____between differently charged areas within or between clouds.Other rare forms can be sparked by extreme forest fires and snowstorms.Lightning is____32___hot-a flash can heat the air around it to temperatures five times hotter than the sun’s surface.This heat causes___33___air to rapidly expand and shake,which creates the pealing thunder.Lightning is___34___.About2,000people are killed worldwide by lightning each year.Hundreds more survive strikes but suffer from a variety of___35___aymptoms,including memory loss,dizziness,weakness,and other life-altering sicknesses.A)absolutely I)obstacleB)channel J)powerfulC)dangerous K)surroundingD)extremely L)trackE)imbalance M)travelF)increase N)unsteadinessG)lasting O)worksH)objectSection BDirections: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 Sheet2.Testing Baby’s Brain[A]As far as her friends and teachers are concerned,Ashdod is an ordinary,bright,playful5-ywar-old girl. They might be surprised to learn that not long ago therapists(治疗专家)were fighting to keep her from suffering from autism(孤独症)–a brain disorder that afflicts one in100children,typically leaving them with lifelong difficulties in communicating,socializing and carrying out many basic tasks.Ashdod was lucky;when she was10 months old,her parents became alarmed that she had little interest in looking them in the wyes,wating and moving from her back,and took her to the Mifne Center in Rosh Pinna,Israel,a clinic that focuses on children5 months and older who show early warning signs of autism.The results of the Mifne treatment were shocking, recalls the girl’s mother,Tikva.“Now she goes to a regular school where she is the same sort of active,funny, normal child as anyone wlse,”she says.[B]Despite a big jump in autism awareness in the past decade,parents,schools and schools and doctors still frequently ignore warning signs in very young children,These can be difficult to detect:a child never points at things,shows more interest in objects than people,has delayed speech and develops a fascination with toys turning around.Many experts regard these symptoms as harmless habits that kids will outgrow.New research and experience in some autism clinics,however,suggests that staring treatment by age2is critical to mitigating and in some cases entirely avoiding the disorder.[C]That’s because unlike the brain of an adult or even an older child,a12-or18-month-oid’s brain is,in a sense,highly reprogrammable—that is,it responds well to treatments designed to permanently change basic patterns of thought and behavior.“All the evidence we have suggests that outcomes tor these children will be better with an earlier diagnosis(诊断)，before they reach18months,if possible,”says Christopher Gillberg,a professor at Gothenburg University in Sweden.[D]Although there are currently no effective treatments for autism symptoms in older children or adults,the prospects are turning out to be entirely different for very young children who get prompt treatment.Psychologists have had remarkable success with behavioral therapy,which involves therapists working intensively with children to get them to do tasks they’re having difficulty with.The Mifne Center in Israel applies its own form of intensive therapy,typically lasting about two weeks and focusing on getting the child to make contact with parents and to eat and move normally.Some200children have been through the program;about three quarters have remained free of any signs of autism or any other significant developmental disorder,according to Mifne founder and director Hanna Alonim.“If we can get them here as babies,close to100percent won’t develop autism,”she says.“If we don’t see them until they’re2,it’s a different story.”To support Mifne’s findings with more-formal research, doctors at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center have begun screening and videotaping infants thought to be at risk of pre-autism before the Mifne treatment.[E]Having a treatment choice for infants raises the hard issue of diagnosis.Autism can be tricky to recognize—it encompasses any or all of a broad range of symptoms,including difficulty with social interactions, language,motor skills and taking in sensory information,as well as repetitive behaviors,eating problems and in some cases unusually high or low levels of activity.A study of nearly10,000children in Bergen,Norway, indicated that the number of children who showed“pronounced autistic features”was about five times higher than the number who qualified for a formal diagnosis of autism.[F]Even children who exhibit only partial or mild versions of autism symptoms are at risk of ending up with lifelong challenges,say researchers,and would benefit from autism therapies.But tagging more very young children as candidates for autism therapy creates another problem.The cost of behavioral therapy is eye-opening--applied behavior analysis,an intensive treatment that requires15-to-25hours of sessions a week, costs about$30,000a year,and even a modest program typically runs about$10,000a year.That’s one reason studies estimate that less than one in10very young children with a diagnosis of autism get25hours a week of therapy.[G]Health-care systems are not up to this task.In the United States,where health insurance rarely covers such treatments,the chances of having the government pay for therapy varies wildly from state to state.Children don’t necessarily fare much better under national health care.The United Kingdom pays for treatment—but often only after the parents hire a lawyer and win their case at a regional“tribunal”,where more often than not communities will fight to force the parents to settle for the few hours a week of therapy offered in a local special-education program.In Italy,toddlers with disorders who love near large cities in the north-central part of the country can get the attention of a team of therapists,but those in the southern,rural areas tend to get few urence Robel, a child psychiatrist and autism researcher at the Necker Children’s Hospital in Paris,notes that France keep a bias against behavioral therapy,which critics compare to training a dog or programming a robot.“Away from Paris,”she says,“children are lucky to receive much treatment at all.”[H]Experts insist that governments are being penny-wise and pound-foolish in refusing to pony(付清)up for intensive therapy to infants and toddlers who show early signs of a developmental disorder.Simple,brief screening tests are now designed to flag children at risk as early as18months.Earlier diagnosis might be possible by measuring brain activity and recognizing patterns that are unique to autism.Researchers at the Baby Lab in Uppsala University in Sweden are looking for these patterns by placing dozens of soft-foam sensors on infant’s heads.[I]The benefits of early treatment are likely to grow in coming years as new research into developmental disorders continues to pay off.36.In Italy,the chances for young children to receive services of a team of autism therapists vary between thenorth-central part of the country and the southern,rural areas.37.In detecting the warning signs of autism in young children,parents,schools and doctors now haven’t donesufficiently on it.38.Autism is not easy to recognize because it covers a wide range of symptoms.39.It is very important to treat a child with autism by age of two,because children at that age respond well tothe related treatment.40.According to the text,children who get autism may suffer from troubles in communicating.41.It is an effective treatment for older children with signs of autism to ask them to do tasks which are difficultfor them.42.According to experts,those governments are extremely foolish if they refuse to support the intensive therapyto young children showing early signs of a developmental disorder.43.Most very young children with a diagnosis of autism do not have an intensive treatment,because it’s tooexpensive to receive the intensive treatment.44.About150children have recovered from signs of autism in the Mifne Center.45.In the United States,different state governments pay differently for autism therapy because health insurancerarely covers such treatments.Section CDirections:There are2passages 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 Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions46to50are based on the following passage.Students in Washington will return to classrooms this month to begin a new school year.But at least50%of their teachers will not return with st month,the District of Columbia public schools told206teachers that they are not good enough to stay.The school system dismissed75teachers last year.It was the first year of a new teacher rating system.Experts say such large numbers of dismissals are rare in American schools.But in Washington the rating system is not governed by the labor contract with the teachers union.So school officials have more freedom.The system is called IMPACT.Teachers are observed in the classroom five times a year for at least thirty minutes each time.They are also judged by student test scores.Administrators rated65of the206teachers as“ineffective”.The others lost their jobs because they were rated“minimally effective”for a second year.The National Council on Teacher Quality is a research group that works to increase the number of effective teachers.Emily Cohen,a policy director there,says the council supports the IMPACT system.“This is an evaluation instrument that is finally able to capture who is highly effective and who is ineffective and who could be doing better and could use some assistance.Most evaluation instruments in the country do not capture teacher performance—all teachers are rated satisfactory.”Teachers with the highest rating can receive a performance bonus of up to twenty-five thousand dollars.In addition,they can receive a pay increase.Some Washington teachers say their ratings depend too heavily on test scores.For some teachers,half of their rating is based on how well their students do.But Emily Cohen says test scores are important.“Testing is the most objective data that we have on teacher performance.The District also is looking at other things,using master educators to evaluate teachers.So it’s not just looking at student test performance,it is using other sources of data.”Michelle Rhee created the IMPACT system.She gained national attention for her aggressive reform efforts when she led the troubled school system in the nation’s capital.She left last year and her deputy took her place.The Washington Teachers Union says IMPACT unfairly hurts teachers who work in schools with high rates of poverty.Most of the teachers with the highest rating work in schools with lower poverty rates.46.Why can schools in Washington dismiss so many teachers?A)Because those teachers did not perform well in the classroom.B)Because they must be strict in the first year of the new rating system.C)Because those teachers were rated“minimally effective”for a second year.D)Because they are not restricted by the teachers union’s labor contract.47.Why dies the National Council support the IMPACT system?A.Because the system can provide teachers a large amount of bonus.B)Because the system can distinguish good teachers from bad ones.C)Because the system has successfully dismissed ineffective teachers.D)Because the system has increased the number of effective teachers.48.Some Washington teachers have different opinions with Emily Cohen on whether______.A)test scores should play such an important role in their ratingsB)teachers with the lowest rating should stay at schoolC)the students should perform well in the rating systemD)the District should use master educators to evaluate teachers49.What can we learn about Michelle Rhee?A)She led the school system falling into the biggest trouble it ever met.B)She left her work because she had a better offer in the nation’s capital.C)She did not perform as well as her deputy in the working ability.D)She was noted for her efforts in changing the chaotic school system.50.The Washington Teachers Union’s attitude towards the IMPACT system is______.A)supportive B)unclearC)optimistic D)criticalPassage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the following passage.More than40years ago,U.S.Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said that while it was difficult to define pornography(色情文学)，“I know it when I see it.”The etiquette(礼仪)police who are trying to keep up with the rapidly evolving world of mobile devices and their effect on the workplace probably would say the same.They may not be able to define what is considered bad manners,but they know the terrible behavior when they see an employee’s email,text,blog entry,or Facebook posting.It appears others do,too.A recent Intel survey found that9of10Americans report they’ve seen others misuse technology;75%agree that mobile etiquette is worse than it was a year ago.The results don’t surprise Lisa Grotts,a reputed etiquette consultant.“Welcome to the new world,”she says.“Someday a sociologist is going to have a study on how our rules have changed because of technology and online communication.”Because technological changes are so constant,she thinks it’s inevitable that some social and professional misbehaviors will be made.The Intel study found that we’re often aware of our own poor behavior.Almost1in5respondents report they know they’re being rude but do it because everyone else does.So it’s a little difficult to complain about a cubicle(小隔间)mate for talking too loudly on a cellphone when you’ve been guilty of doing the same thing—or something equally annoying.Adding to the problem:What may be OK in your social circles could be considered annoying in professional ones.Still,the Intel study found that it’s worth making an effort to adjust your behavior when using your iPhone, BlackBerry or other mobile device if you want to keep the peace in your office and not bother the boss.Of those participating in the survey,65%say they get angry at those who are disrespectful toward others with tech use.So,even though your cubicle mate talks loudly on her cellphone or texts her boyfriend constantly,it doesn’t mean you should do the same thing Instead,taking the time to find a private place to have a private conversation may impress colleagues and your manager with your professionalism.51.We can learn from the passage that the etiquette police________.A)can not find proper words to describe bad mannersB)want to know more about mobile devicesC)have known about Justice Potter Stewart for many yearsD)agree with the definition of bad manners by Potter Stewart52.According to a recent Intel survey,we can learn that technology misuse________.A)is totally ignored by the majority of peopleB)becomes a common phenomenon in AmericaC)has greatly influenced people’s way of lifeD)is accepted by more people than before53.What can we learn about Lisa Grotts?A)She becomes famous for her unique views about bad manners.B)She is not satisfied with the present situation of mobile etiquette.C)She is going to study what have caused our rules to change.D)She believes some bad social manners are inevitable to occur.54.Why do people still behave badly although they know it is rude?A)Because they don’t realize that their manners are bad.B)Because they don’t care about others’opinion about them.C)Because they want to attract other people’s attention.D)Because they see others do the same thing as they do.55.What the author may suggest us do about tech use?A)Get angry at those who bother others with their tech use.B)Refuse to post any personal information on your Facebook.C)Impress your manager with your professional tech skills.D)Talk privately when you have a mobile phone call.PartⅣTranslation(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese intoEnglish.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.中国受欢迎的体育运动在过去的50年间得到了迅速的发展。

【星火英语版】2016年6月大学英语四级真题参考答案Part ⅡListening Comprehension（听力部分共有两套）四级第一套Section A1. 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.5. D) Failure to integrate innovation into their business.6. B) It is the creation of something new.7. C) Its innovation culture.Section B8. 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 C16. 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Section A1. C) Why sufficient sleep is important for college students.2. C) Making last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.3. B) Whether the British irports Authority should sell off some of its assets.4. D) Lack of runway and terminal capacity.5. D) Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.6. A) The biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.7. B) They were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.Section B8. A) Holland.9. D) Learning a language where it is not spoken.10. C) Trying to speak it as much as one can.11. A) It provides opportunities for language practice.12. B) Rules and regulations for driving.13.C) Make cars that are less powerful.14. D) They tend to drive responsibly.15. C) It is not useful.Section C16. D) The card reader failed to do the scanning.17. B) By covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.18. A) Produce many low-tech fixes for high-tech failures.19. A) They vary among different departments.20.D) By contacting the deparmental office.21. B) They specify the number of credits students must earn.22. C) Students in health classes.23. A) Its overemphasis on thinness.24. B) To explain how computer images can be misleading.25. C) To promote her own concept of beauty.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension四级第一套Section A26.O) tend27.M) review28.L) performance29.K) particularly30.N) survive31.E) dropping32.J) mutually33.H) flow34.F) essential35.I) moodSection B36.E）“We thought we would see differences based on thehousing types,” said the lead author of the study, Julie Robison, an associate professor of medicine at the university. ......37.L）Of course, sons and daughters want to visit the facilities, talk to the administrators and residents and other families, and do everything possible to fulfill their duties. ......38.B）Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry simply hired better interior designers? ......39.H）An elderly person who describes herself as in poor health, therefore, might be no less depressed in assisted living (even if her children preferred it) than in a nursing home. ......40.N）The daughter feared her mother would be ignored there, and so she decided to move her into a more welcoming facility. Based on what is emerging from some of this research, that might have been as rational a way as any to reach a decision.41.J）As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk， announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families......42.F）In the initial results, assisted living residents did paint the most positive picture. They were less likely to report symptoms of depression than those in the other facilities, for instance, and less likely to be bored or lonely. They scored higher on social interaction.43.C）I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an older person lives in may matter less than we have assumed. ......44.I）Such findings, which run counter to common sense, have surfaced before. In a multi-state study of assisted living, for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; ......45.G）But when the researchers plugged in a number of other variables, such differences disappeared. It is not the housing type, they found, that creates differences in residents' responses. ......Section C46. C) It can be avoided if human values are translated into their language.47.D) They are ill-bred.48. C) By picking up patterns from massive data on human behavior.49. B) Stop to seek advice from a human being.50. A) Determine what is moral and ethical.51. A) to see whether people's personality affects their life span52. D) They are more likely to get over hardship.53. C) Such personality characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.54. D) Mothers' negative personality characteristics may affect their children's life span.55. B) Longevity results from a combination of mental and physical health.四级第二套Section A26.G) growing27.A) dependent28.C) fast29.F) give30.H) launch31.N) successful32.I) policyl33.B) designed34.O) treatments35.E) gainedSection B36.D)As we begin to examine our life, Soupios says, we come to Rule No. 2: Worry only about things that you can control. ......37.B)The wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers is timeless, says Soupios. The philosophy professor says it is as relevant today as when it was first written many centuries ago. ......38.F)To have a meaningful, happy life we need friends. But according to Aristotle—a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great—most relationships don't qualify as true friendships. ......39.A) Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that isincreasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, ......40.L)“This is Aesop, the fabulist (寓言家), the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal re lationships,” he says. ......41.H)“This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans,” Soupios says. “This is something that is very much well worth considering here ......42.C)Soupios, along with his co-author Panos Mourdoukoutas, developed their 10 golden rules by turning to the men behind that philosophy—Aristotle, Socrates, Epictetus and Pythagoras, ......43.K)Instead, Soupios says, ancient wisdom urges us to do good. Golden Rule No. 10 for a good life is that kindness toward others tends to be rewarded.44.B)The wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers is timeless, says Soupios. The philosophy professor says it is as relevant today as when it was first written many centuries ago. ......45.J)“This is Hesiod, of course, a younger contemporary poet, we believe, with Homer,” Soupios says. “Hesiod offers an idea—which you very often find in some of the world's great religions,......Section C46. D) It usually draws different reactions from different age groups.47. A) It does not seem to create a generational divide.48. B) It helps with their mobility.49. A) The location of their residence.50. C) The wealthy.51. C) Their daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle.52. B) It brought family members closer to each other.53. D) Pace of life.54. B) It is varied, abundant and nutritious.55. A) They enjoyed cooking as well as eating.四级第三套Section A26.M) provide27.A) abandoned28.I) frequent29.L) merely30.C) biased31.G) dependent32.F) dampens33.E) commitment34.N) understandably35.D) chancesSection B36.［F］In contrast, the recent surge in world grain prices is trend-driven, making it unlikely to reverse without a reversal inthe trends themselves.......37.［K］In response to those restrictions, grain-importing countries are trying to nail down long-term trade agreements that would lock up future grain supplies. ......38.［C］As demand for food rises faster than supplies are growing, the resulting food-price inflation puts severe stress on the governments of many countries. ......39.［L］Since the current world food shortage is trend-driven, the environmental trends that cause it must be reversed. We must cut carbon emissions by 80% from their 2006 levels by 2020, ......40.［B］I can no longer ignore that risk. Our continuing failure to deal with the environmental declines that are undermining the world food economy forces me to conclude that such a collapse is possible.41.［H］What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand. ......42.［M］For many in the development community, the four objectives were seen as positive, promoting development as long as they did not cost too much. Others saw them as politically correct and morally appropriate. ......43.［J］As the world's food security falls to pieces, individual countries acting in their own self-interest are actually worsening the troubles of many. The trend began in 2007, when leading wheat-exporting countries such as Russia and Argentina limited or banned their exports, ......44.［L］Since the current world food shortage is trend-driven, the environmental trends that cause it must be reversed. We must cut carbon emissions by 80% from their 2006 levels by 2020, ......45.［G］As incomes rise among low-income consumers, the potential for further grain consumption is huge. But that potential pales beside the never-ending demand for crop-based fuels. A fourth of this year's U.S. grain harvest will go to fuel cars.Section C46. B) It weakens in one's later years.47. D) Some of them begin to decline when people are still young.48. C) They function quite well even in old age.49. D) can put what they have learnt into more effective use50. A) find ways to slow down our mental decline51. C) Scholars and policymakers have different opinions about it.52. A) Pre-K achievements usually do not last long.53. B) When it is made part of kids' education.54. D) She is a firm supporter of pre-K.55. C) Early intervention.Part Ⅳ Translation四级第一套功夫(Kung Fu)是中国武术（martial arts）的俗称。

2019星火英语四级听力下载文本第一节听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出选项，并标在试卷的相对应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答相关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What does the woman think of tomatoes?A.They are not tasty.B.They are really good.C.She doesn’t like them.2.Where is the man now?A.In New York.B.In Boston.C.In Washington.3.What are the two speakers talking about?A.A book.B.A film.C.A record.4.What can we learn about the woman?A.She wants to make fun of the man.B.She doesn’t know how to scan pictures.C.She is curious about how to use the computer.5.What happened to the man?A.He fell on the ground.B.His car’s windscreen was broken.C.He was hit by a stone.第二节（共15小题）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出选项，并标在试卷的相对应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6至7题。

6.What was the matter with the woman?A.She was angry with the man.B.She quarreled with Jack.C.She hated doing homework.7.What do we know about Jack?A.He cleaned up the bedroom.B.He understood the woman.C.He made the room in a mess.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。

星火四级英语美文阅读星火四级英语美文阅读《淯水流排》中的美文,正是作家们对生于斯、长于斯、工作于斯的这片热土的热爱和眷恋,是生活和现实的倾情之作。

下面小编整理了星火四级英语美文，希望大家喜欢!星火四级英语美文摘抄A Woman’s Tears“Why are you crying?” he asked his Mom. “Because I’m a woman.” she told him. “I don’t understand,” he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, “And you never will ... ” Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason.” was all his Dad could say.The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry. Finally he put in a call to God; when God got on the phone, the man said, “God, why do women cry so easily?” God said,“When I made woman she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world; yet gentle enough to give comfort. I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up and take care of her family through fatigue and sickness without complaining. I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt them very badly. I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart. I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly. Igave her a tear to shed. It’s hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed. It’s her only weakness. It’s a tear for mankind.”星火四级英语美文鉴赏LazinessLaziness is a sin: everyone knows that. We have probably all had lectures pointing out thatlaziness is immoral, that it is wasteful, and that lazy people will never amount to anything inlife.But laziness can be more harmful than that, and it is often caused by more complexreasons than the simple wish to avoid work. Some people who appear to be lazy are sufferingfrom much more serious problems. They may be so distrustful of their fellow workers that theyare unable to join in any group task for fear of being laughed at or fear of having their ideasstolen. These people who seem lazy may be deadened by a fear of failure that prevents fruitfulwork. Or other sorts of fantasies may prevent work: some people are so busy planning,sometimes planning great deals of fantastic achievements,that they are unable to deal withwhatever“lesser” work is on hand. Still other people are not avoiding work,strictly speaking;they are nearly procrastinating—rescheduling their ziness can actually be helpful. Likeprocrastinators,some people look lazy when they are really thinking, planning,researching. Weshould all remember that some great scientific discoverise occurred by chance. Newton wasn’tworking in the orchard when the apple hit him and he devised the theory of gravity. All of uswould like to have someone “lazy” build the car or stove we buy,particularly if that“laziness”—were caused by the worker’s taking t ime to check each step of his work and to dohis job right. And sometimes,being “lazy”, that is, taking time off for a rest is good for theoverworked students or executive. Taking a rest canbe particularly helpful to the athlete whois trying too hard or the doctor who’s simply working himself overtime too many evenings atthe clinic.So be careful when you’re tempted to call someone lazy. That person may be thinking,resting or planning his or her next book.星火四级英语美文赏析Owning BooksWe enjoy reading books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowedbook is like a guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certainconsiderate formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while underyour roof. But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacythat annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that youare afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reasonfor marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember moreeasily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like visiting aforest where you once blazed a trail. Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth;the instinct of private property can here be cultivated with every advantage and no evils.The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and appearance thanany wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime advantage ofbeing separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight, you aresurrounded with intimate friends.The knowledge that they are there in plain view is both stimulating and refreshing. Books areof the people, by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it isthebest and most enduring part of personality. Book-friends have this advantage over livingfriends; you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. Thegreat dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost asinaccessible. But in a private library, you can at any moment converse with Socrates orShakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens. And there is no doubt that in these books yousee these men at their best. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best toentertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are necessary to them as an audience isto an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of heart.星火四级英语美文欣赏Olympic GamesIn ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations.The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the OlympianGods, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event and then, after the rulesagainst foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how farback the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776B.C. The games took placein August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from allparts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women anddishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events isuncertain, but events included boy’s gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing and fieldevents, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games.On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive leavesplaced on their heads. So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his nameto the year of his victory. Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact,richly rewarded by their state authorities. How their results compared with modern standards,we unfortunately have no means of telling. After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200years, the Games were suspended by the Romans in 394 A.D. They continued for such a longtime because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics: the idea that a healthybody produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games waspreferable to the competition that caused wars. It was over 1,500 years before another suchinternational athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896. Nowadays,the Games are held indifferent countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium,swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes’expenses.。