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2018年12月 英语四级真题(一)
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:
For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the challenges of starting a career
after graduation. You should write at least 120 words but no more than180 words.
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.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Millions die early from air pollution each year. Air pollution costs the global economy more than $$5
trillion annually in welfare costs, with the most serious 26 occurring in the developing world.
The figures include a number of costs 27 with air pollution. Lost income alone amounts to $$225
billion a year.
The report includes both indoor and outdoor air pollution. Indoor pollution, which includes 28 like
home heating and cooking, has remained 29 over the past several decades despite advances in the
area. Levels of outdoor pollution have grown rapidly along with rapid growth in industry and
transportation.
Director of Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Chris Murray 30 it as an “urgent call to action.”
“One of the risk factors for premature deaths is the air we breathe, over which individuals have little
31 ,”he said.
The effects of air pollution are worst in the developing world, where in some places lost-labor income
32 nearly 1% of GDP. Around 9 in 10 people in low-and middle-income countries live in places where
they 33 experience dangerous levels of outdoor air pollution.
But the problem is not limited 34 to the developing world. Thousands die prematurely in the U.S. as a
result of related illnesses. In many European countries, where diesel(柴油) 35 have become more
common in recent years, that number reaches tens of thousands.
A)ability I)exclusively
B)associated J)innovated
C)consciously K)regularly
D)constant L)relates
E)control M)sources
F)damage N)undermine
G)described O)vehicles
H)equals
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to 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.
Food-as-Medicine Movement Is Witnessing Progress
[A] Several times a month, you can find a doctor in the aisles of Ralph’s market in Huntington Beach,
California, wearing a white coat and helping people learn about food. On one recent day, this doctor
was Daniel Nadeau, wandering the cereal aisle with Allison Scott, giving her some idea on how to feed
kids who persistently avoid anything that is healthy. “Have you thought about trying fresh juices in the
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