方面2017年12月英语四级真题及答案(卷二)

2021年1月9日发(作者：寇世勋)

2017年12月英语四级及答案（卷二）

Part I Writing (25 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay
on how to best handle the relationship between parents and children. You should write
at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of
each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and
the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose
the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. A) Her friend Erika. C) Her grandfather.
B) Her little brother. D) Her grandmother.
2. A) By taking pictures for passers-by. C) By selling lemonade and pictures.
B) By working part time at a hospital. D) By asking for help on social media.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. A) Finding cheaper ways of highway construction.
B) Generating electric power for passing vehicles.
C) Providing clean energy to five million people.
D) Testing the efficiency of the new solar panel.
4. A) They can stand the wear and tear of natural elements.
B) They can be laid right on top of existing highways.
C) They are only about half an inch thick.
D) They are made from cheap materials.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) Endless fighting in the region. C) Inadequate funding for research.
B) The hazards from the desert. D) The lack of clues about the species.
6. A) To observe the wildlife in the two national parks.
B) To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance.
C) To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.
D) To find evidence of the existence of the “lost lions”.
7. A) Lions walking. C) Some camping facilities.
B) Lions’ tracks. D) Traps set by local hunters
Section B
Directions：In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end
of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the
questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the
best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) Her ‘lucky birthday’. C) Her wedding anniversary.
B) A call from her dad. D) A special gift from the man.
9. A) Gave her a big model plane. C) Took her on a trip overseas.
B) Bought her a good necklace. D) Threw her a surprise party.
10. A) The gift her husband has bought.
B) The trip her husband has planned.
C) What has been troubling her husband.
D) What her husband and the man are up to.
11. A) He will be glad to be a guide for the couple’s holiday trip.
B) He will tell the women the secret if her husband agrees.
C) He is eager to learn how the couple’s holiday turns out.
D) He wants to find out about the couple’s holiday plan.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) They are sensitive to the dynamics of a negotiation.
B) They see the importance of making compromises.
C) They know when to adopt a tough attitude.
D) They take the rival’s attitude into account.
13. A) They know how to adapt. C) They know when to make compromises.
B) They know when to stop. D) They know how to control their emotion.
14. A) They are patient. C) They learn quickly.
B) They are good at expression. D) They uphold their principles.
15. A) Make clear one's intentions. C) Formulate one's strategy.
B) Clarify items of negotiation. D) Get to know the other side.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each
passage, you will
hear three or four 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), D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) When America's earliest space program started.
B) When the International Space Station was built.
C) How many space shuttle missions there will be.
D) How space research benefits people on Earth.
17. A) They accurately calculated the speed of the orbiting shuttles.
B) They developed objects for astronauts to use in outer space.
C) They tried to meet astronauts' specific requirements.
D) They tried to make best use of the latest technology.
18. A) They are extremely accurate. C) They were first made in space.
B) They are expensive to make. D) They were invented in the 1970s.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) It was when her ancestors came to America.
B) People had plenty of land to cultivate then.
C) It marked the beginning of something new.
D) Everything was natural and genuine then.
20. A) They believed in working for goals. C) They had all kinds of entertainment.
B) They enjoyed living a living a life of ease. D) They were known to be creative.
21. A) Chatting with her ancestors. C) Polishing all the silver work.
B) Furnishing her country house. D) Doing needlework by the fire.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) Use a map to identify your location. C) Sit down and try to calm yourself.
B) Call your family or friends for help. D) Try to follow your footprints back.
23. A) You may find a way out without your knowing it.
B) You may expose yourself to unexpected dangers.
C) You may get drowned in a sudden flood.
D) You may end up entering a wonderland.
24. A) Look for food. C) Start a fire.
B) Wait patiently. D) Walk uphill.
25. A) Inform somebody of your plan. C) Check the local weather.
B) Prepare enough food and drink. D) Find a map and a compass.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension ( 40 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required
to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following
the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each
choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter
for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not
use any of the words in the bank more than once.
We all know there exists great void（空白）in the public educational system
when it comes to 26 to STEM（Science,Technology,Engineering
Mathematics）,One educator named Dori Roberts decided to do something to change this
system. Dori taught high school engineering for 11 noticed there was a
real void in quality stem education at all 27 of the public educational
system. she said,“I started Engineering for kids (EFK)after noticing a real lack
of math, science and engineering programs to 28 my own kids in”
She decided to start an after school program where children 29 in
STEM-based club grew quickly and when it reached 180 members and
the kids in the program won several state 30 . she decided to devote all her
time to cultivating and 31 it The global business EFK was born.
Dori began operating EFK out of her Virginia home, which she then expanded
to 32 recreation centers. Today, the EFK program 33 over 144
branches in 32 states within the United States and in 21 countries. Sales have
doubled from $$5 million in 2014 to $$10 million in 2015,with 25 new branches planned
for 2016. the EFK website states, “Our nation is not 34 enough engineers.
Our philosophy is to inspire kids at a young age to understand that engineering is
a great 35 .”

Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements
attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.
Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a
paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the
questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
Why aren't you curious about what happened?
A)suspended ray rice after our video, a reporter from tmz challenged national
football League commissioner roger goodell the other day. didn't you have the
curosity to go to the casino ( 5 ) yourself?
that a more curious.
B) the accusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often carying the suggestion
that there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth. have been
bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity,
member of the new jersey legislature back in july, referring to an insufficiently
inquiring attitude on the part of an the george washington bridge traffic scandal

writer jennifer rubin earlier this year terring to the attack on americans in
benghazi, Libya.
C) the implication, in each case is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of
curiosity is a problem are such accusations simply efforts to score political points
for one's party? or is here something of particular value about curiosity in and
of itself.
D) the journalist lan leslie. in his new and enjoyable book curious: the desire to
know and whyYour fatter depends on it, insists that the answer to that last question
is yes. Leslie argues that curiosity is a much-overlooked human virtue, crucial to
our success, and that we are losing it.
E)we are suffering. he writes from adeficitthe wordcoined by horace walpole
in an 1854 letter from a tale of three princes whowere always making
discoveries by accident, of things they were not in search of,
rise of the intemet, among other social and technological changes, has reduced our
appetite for aimless adventures no longer have we the inclination to let ourselves
wander through tields of knowledges, ready to be surprised. instead, we seek only
the information we want.
F) why is this a problem because without curiosity we will lose the spirit of
innovation and entrepreneurship. we will see unimaginative govemments and dying
corporations make disas-trous will lose a vital part of what has made
humanity as a whole so successful as a species.
G) leslie presents considerable evidence for the proposition that the society as
a whole is growing less curious. In the U.S and Europe, for example, the rise of
the internet has led to a declining consumption of news from outside the reader's
borders .But not everything is to be blamed on decline in interest
in literary fiction is also one of the causes identified by g literary
fiction,he says ,make us more curious.
H)Moreover,in order to be curious, have to be aware of a gap in your knowledge
in the first place. leslie perhaps paints a bit broadly in contending that
most of us are unaware of how much we don't know he's surely right to point out that
the problem is growing: can give us the powerful illusion that all questions
have definite answers
I）Indeed, Google, for which leslie expresses admiration, is also his frequent
whipping body(替罪羊). he quotes Google co- founder larry page to the effect that
theperfect search engine willunderstand exactly what i mean and give me back exactly
what i want in the book, leslie writes:aims to save you from the
thirst of curiosity altogether.
J) Somewhat nostalgically(怀旧地). he quotes john maynard keynes's justly famous
words of praise to the bookstore:
and allow what is there freely to attract and influence the eye to walk the rounds
of the bookshops, dipping curiosity dictates, should be an afternoons entertainment.

K) Citing the work of psychologists and cognitive( 认知的)scientists, leslie
criticizes the re- ceived wisdom that academic success is the result of a combination
of intellectual talent and hard work. curiosity, he argues, is the third key
factor--and a difficult one to preserve, if not cultivated, it will not survive
curiosity is a collaboration between child The surest way to kill it is
to leave it alone.
L) School education, he wams, is often conducted in a way that makes children
incurious chil-dren of educated and upper-middle-class parents turn out to be far
more curious, even at early ages than children of working class and lower class
families that lack of curiosity produces arelative lack of knowledge, and the lack
of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compen. sate for later on
M）although leslie's book isn't about politics, he doesn't entirely toast cucial
moments. there are serious consequence, be ba i 2 Political leaders, like leaders
of other organizations, should betheTheyare serious warns, in not
wanting to know
N) he presents as an example the failure of the george w bush administration to
prepare prop-erly for the after-effects of the invasion of iraq. according to leslie,
those who ridiculed e secretary donald rumsfeld for his 2002 remark
that we have to be wary of the un-known unknownswere mistaken. rumsfeld's idea leslie
writes, absurd- it was smart. adds, tragedy is that he didn't follow his
own advice.
o) All of which brings us back to goodell and the christie case and benghazi. each
critic in those curious. i leave it to the reader's political preference to decide
which, if any charges should remaining determinedly incurious about our own. we
should be delighted to pursue knowledge for its own sake--even when what we find
out is something we didn't particularly want to
36. to be curious, we need to realize first of all that there are many things we
dont know.
37. according to leslie, curiosity is essential to one's success.
38. we should feel happy when we pursue knowledge for knowledge's sake.
39. political leaders' lack of curiosity will result in bad consequences.
40. there are often accusations about politicians' and the media's lack of curiosity
to find out the truth
41, the less curious a child is, the less knowledge the child may turn out to have.
42. it is widely accepted that academic accomplishment lies in both intelligence
and diligence.
43. visiting a bookshop as curiosity leads us can be a good way to entertain
ourselves.
44. both the rise of the internet and reduced appetite for literary fiction
contribute to peoples declining curiosity
45. mankind wouldn't be so innovative without curosity.