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2017年12月大学英语四级真题及答案解析(全三套)

四级听力第一套：


News Report 1


A 9-year-old girl in New Mexico has raised more than $$500 for her little brother who needs
heart surgery in Houston, Texas this July. Addison Witulski's grandmother Kim Allred, said
Addison probably overheard a conversation between family members talking about the
funds needed to get her little brother to treatment.
and me talking about how we're worried about how we're going to get to Houston, for my
grandson's heart surgery,
stand and make some drawings and pictures and sell them.” That's when Addison and her
friends Erika and Emily Borden decided to sell lemonade for 50 cents a cup and sell
pictures for 25 cents each.

Before Allred knew it, New Mexico State Police Officers were among the many stopping
by helping them reach a total of $$568. The family turned to social media expressing their
gratitude saying,
every person that stopped by!



1: Who did Addison raise the money for?

2: How did Addison raise the money?



1.D) Her little brother.

2.B) By selling lemonade and pictures.


News Report 2:

Last week, France announced that the country will pave 621 miles of road with solar
panels over the next five years with the goal of providing cheap, renewable energy to five
million people. Called the Ward Way, the roads will be built through joint efforts with the
French road building company Colas and the National Institute of Solar Energy. The
company spent the last five years developing solar panels that are only about a quarter of
inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to heavy highway traffic without breaking or
making the roads more slippery. The panels are also designed so that they can be
installed directly on top of the existing roadways, making them relatively cheap and easy
to install. France is the first country to kick around the idea of paving its roads with solar
panels. In November 2015, the Netherlands completed a 229-foot long bike path paved
with solar panels as a test for future projects. However, this is the first time a panel has
been designed to be laid directly on top existing roads and the first project to install the
panels on public highways.



3: What was France’s purpose of constructing the Ward Way?

4: What is special about the solar panels used in the Ward Way?



3.B) Providing clean energy to five million people.

4.C) They can be laid right on top of existing highways.



News Report 3

Lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years scientists have
wondered if the big cats were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia.
Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys difficult. But scientists released a
report Monday documenting with hard evidence the discovery of
Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, supported by a charity
organization, spent two nights in November camping in a national park in northwest
Ethiopia on the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The researchers set out six camera traps,
capturing images of lions, and the identified lion tracks. The scientists concluded that lions
are also likely to live in a neighboring national park across the border in Sudan. The
International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the area a

but no one presented convincing evidence.



5: What has made it difficult to survey lions in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia?

6: What was the main purpose of the research?

7: What did the researchers find in the national park?



5.C)Endless fighing in the region.

6.D)To find evidence of the lions'disappearance.

7.A)Lions'tracks.



Conversation One

M: I beg you’re looking forward to the end of this month. Aren’t you?

W: Yes, I am. How did you know?

M: David told me you had a special birthday coming up.

W: Oh, yes. That’s right. This year would be my golden birthday.

M: What does that mean? I’ve never heard of a golden birthday.

W: I’ve actually just learned of this concept myself. Fortunately, just in time to celebrate. A
golden or lucky birthday is when one turns the age of their birth date. So, for example, my
sister’s birthday is December 9th and her golden birthday would have been the year she
turns 9 years old. Come to think of it , my parents did throw her a surprise party that year.

M: Interesting. Too bad I missed mine. My golden birthday would’ve been four years ago. I
assumedly got a big plan then.

W: Actually yes. My husband is planning a surprise holiday for the two of us next week. I
have no idea what he’s gotten in mind, but I’m excited to find out. Has he mentioned
anything to you?

M: He might have.

W: Anything you’d like to share? I’m dying to know what kind of trip he has planned where
we’re going.

M: Yeah, nothing at all.

W: Not a clue. Hard to imagine, isn’t it! Though I must say, I think it has been even more
fun keeping the secret for me the past few weeks.

M: I’m sure both of you will have a fantastic time. Happy golden birthday! I can’t wait to
hear all about it when you get back.



8. What does the woman looking forward to?

9. What did the woman’s parents do on her sister’s lucky birthday?

10. What is the woman eager to find out about?

11. What does the man say at the end of the conversation?



8.D) Her

9.A) Threw her a superise party.

10.C) The trip her husband has planned.

11.B) He is eager to learn how the couple's holiday turns out.


Conversation Two

W: Mr. Green, What do you think makes a successful negotiator?

M: Well, It does hard to define, but I think successful negotiators have several things in
common. They are always polite and rational people, they are firm, but flexible. They can
recognize power and know how to use it. They are sensitive to the dynamics in the
negotiation, the way it raises and falls, and how may change the direction. They project
the image of confidence, and perhaps most importantly, they know when to stop.

W: And what about an unsuccessful negotiator?

M: Well, this probably all of us when we start out. We are probably immature and
over-trusting, too emotional or aggressive. We are unsure of ourselves and want to be
liked by everyone. Good negotiators learn fast, pool negotiators remain like that and go on
losing negotiations,

W: In your opinion, can the skills of negotiation be taught?

M: Well, you can teach someone how to prepare for negotiation. There perhaps six stages
in every negotiation, get to know the other side, stay your goals, start the process, clarify
there is a disagreement or conflict, reassess your position, making acceptable
compromise, and finally reach some agreements and principals. These stages can be
studied, and strategies to be used in each can be planned before-hand. But I think the
really successful negotiator is probably born with the sixth sense that may respond
properly to the situation at hand.

W: The artistic sense you just described?

M: Yes, that’s right



12. What’s the man say about good negotiators?

13. What does the man say, maybe the most important thing to a successful negotiator?

14. How is a good negotiator different from a poor one?

15. What’s the first stage of a negation according to the man?



12. A) They are sensitive to the dynamics of a negotiation.

13. B) They know when to stop.

14. C) They learn quickly.

15. D) Get to know the other side.



Passage One

Some people wonder why countries spend millions of dollars on space projects. They
want to know how space research helps people on earth. Actually, space technology
helps people on earth every day. This is called spin-off technology. Spin-off technology is
space technology that is now used on earth. In early space programs, such as the Apollo
missions of the 1960s and 1970s and in the space shuttle missions today, scientists
developed objects for the astronauts to use on the moon and in space. We now use some
of these objects every day. For example, we have quartz crystal clocks and watches
accurate to within one minute a year. We purify the water we drink with the water filter
designed for the astronauts to use in space. The cordless hand held tools we use in our
homes, such as vacuum cleaners, flashlights, drills came from the technology of these
early space programs. On cold winter days, we can stay warm with battery-operated
gloves and socks, especially made coats and jackets. All the clothes are similar to the
space suits designs that kept astronauts comfortable in the temperatures of the moon, in
our spin offs from space technology. These products are only a few examples of the many
ways space technology helps us in our everyday lives. No one knows how new spin off
technology from the international space station will help us in the future.



16. What do some people want to know about space exploration?

17. What did scientist do for the space shuttle missions?

18. What does the speaker say about the quartz crystal clocks and watches?



16. D) How space research benefits people on Earth.

17. B) They developed objects for astronauts to use in outer space.

18. C) They are extremely accurate.


Passage Two

Well, if I could get back in history and live, I'd like to get back to the 18th century and
perhaps in colonial America in Yankee new England where one of my ancestors lived,
because it was the beginning of something. By the 18th century, there was a feeling of
community that had grown. My ancestor was the preacher traveling around countryside.
People lived in small communities. It was fisherman and farmers who provided fresh food
that tasted and looked like food. Unlike today’s supermarkets, and there were small towns
and New York wasn't that far away. I'm deeply attached to the puritan tradition not in a
religious sense. But they believed in working for something, working for goals. And I like
that. They worked hard at whatever they did, but they had a sense of achievement. They
believed in goodness, in community, and helping one another. I love the colonial fabrics or
the silver works, the furnishings, the combination of elegance simplicity. I'd love it. The
printing, the books, I’m very attached to all that kind of thing. That may not all be very
entertaining in the modern sense of the world, but I would have enjoyed spending my
evenings in that environment, discussing new ideas, building a new world, and I can see
myself sitting on a small chair by the fire doing needle work.



19. Why does the speaker say she would like to go back and live in the 18th century
America?

20. What does the speaker say about the Puritans?

21. What would the speaker like doing if she could go back to the past?


19. C)It marked the beginning of something new.

20. A)They believed working for goals.

21. D)Doing needlework by the fire.



Passage three

If you are lost in the woods, a little knowledge concerned with some people called a
hardship into an enjoyable stay away from the troubles of modern society. When you think
you're lost,

sit down on the log or rock, or lean against the tree, and recite something you are
memorized to bring your mind to the point where is under control. Don’t run blindly if you
must move, don't follow stream unless you know it, and in that case you're not lost.
Streams normally flow through wide land before they reach a lake or river though there
are more eatable plants, there may also be wild animals, poisonous snakes, and other
hazards. Many experts feel it is the wisest to walk up hill. At the top of most hills and
mountains are trails living back to civilizations. If there are no trails, you're much easier to
be seen on top of the hill. And you may even spot the highway or railroad from this point.
Nowadays, the first way some of you search for you is by air. In the wide lands or in dense
grass, we're very hard to spot. Anytime you are going to the woods, somebody should
know where you're going, and when you are expected to return, also when someone
comes to looking, you should be able to signal to them.



22. What does the speaker advise you to do first if you are lost in the woods?

23. What will happen if you follow an unknown stream in the woods?

24. What do many experts think is the wisest thing to do if you're lost in the woods?

25. What should you do before you go into the woods?



22. C) Sit down and try to calm yourself

23. B) You may expose yourself to unexpected dangers.

24. D) Walk uphill.

25. A) Inform somebody of your plan.



四级听力第二套：



答案：



1.D) It has got one of its injured.

2.C) Its videos were posted on social media.

3.A) The distance travelled.

4.B) Gas consumption is soaring.

5.B) He helps a stranger to carry groceries to his car.


6.C) He raised a large sum of money for him.

7.A) He works hard to support his family.

8. A) Attend an economics lecture

9. C) Attend his brother’s birthday party

10. D) Join him in his brother’s birthday celebration


11. B) By train

12. A) Taking a vacation abroad.

13. C) Working part time as a waiter.

14. B) Save enough money..

15. A) He has rich sailing experience.


16. D) She was also a Nobel Prize winner.

17. B) She developed X-ray facilities for military hospitals.

18. A) Both died of blood cancer.

19. C) They discovered Iceland in the ninth century.

20. D) It was a rocky mass of land covered with ice.


21. A) Thee Viking’s ocean explorations.

22. C) Dream about the future.

23. B) Change what he has for his past imaginary world.

24. D) International business.

25. B) Be content with what you have.


四级阅读第一套：



选词填空



26. [K] superior

27. [D] nuisance

28. [M] tip

29. [O] visual

30. [A] associated

31. [F] preventing

32. [H] sensitive

33. [I] slight

34. [C] indicate

35. [J] specify


匹配题



36. [I] Elderly students find it hard to keep up with the rapid changes in education.

37. [E] Some believe take-home exams may affect students' performances in others
courses.

38. [C] Certain professors believe in-class exams are ultimately more helpful to students

39. [D] In-class exams are believed to discourage cheating in exams.

40. [B] The author was happy to learn she could do some exams at home.

41. [H] Students who put off their work until the last moment often find the exams more
difficult than they actually are.

42. [G] Different students may prefer different types of exams.

43. [F] Most professors agree whether to give an in-class or a take-home exam depends
on the type of course being taught.

44. [A] The author dropped out of college some forty years ago.

45. [J] Some students think take-home exams will eat up their free time.


仔细阅读



46. B They just cannot do anything about it.

47. A It might be prevented and treated.

48. D It will motivate doctors and pharmacists to find ways to treat aging.

49. C They can contribute to people's health only to a limited extent.

50. A The human lifespan cannot be prolonged.


51. C More males than females are likely to get outstanding letters of recommendation.

52. C Men are believed to be better able to excel in STEM disciplines.

53. B They contain nothing that distinguishes the applicants.

54. D They deleted all information about gender.

55. D Start a public discussion on how to raise women's status in academic circles.


四级阅读第二套：



选词填空



We all know there exists a great void（空白）in the public educational system when itcomes
to 26 to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) courses. One
educator named Dori Roberts decided to do somethingto change this system. Dori taught
high school engineering for 11 years. Shenoticed there was a real void in quality STEM
education at all 27 ofthe public educational system. She said, “I started Engineering
For Kids (EFK)after noticing a real lack of math, science and engineering programs
to 28 myown kids in.”

She decided to start an afterschool programwhere children 29 in STEM-based
competitions. The clubgrew quickly and when it reached 180 members and the kids in the
program wonseveral state 30 , she decided to devote all her time tocultivating
and 31 it. The global business EFK was born.

Dori began operating EFK out of her Virginiahome, which she then expanded
to 32 recreation centers. Today, the EFK program 33 over 144 branches in 32
states within theUnited States and in 21 countries. Sales have doubled from $$5 million in
2014to $$10 million in 2015, with 25 new branches planned for 2016. The EFK
websitestates, “Our nation is not 34 enough engineers. Our philosophy is to
inspirekids at a young age to understand that engineering is a great 35 .”


26. G exposure

27. L levels

28. F enroll

29. O participated

30. C championships

31. E developing

32. M local

33. N operates

34. J graduating

35. B career


匹配题


36. To be curious, we need to realize first of all thatthere are many things we don’t know.


H）Moreover,in order to be curious , ” you have to aware of a gap in your knowledge in
thefirst place.” Although Leslie perhaps paints a bit broadly in contending thatmost of us