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1、大学英语四级考试2023年12月真题（第二套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: Suppose the university newspaper is inviting submissions from the students for its coming editionon the recent development in their hometown. You are now to write an essay for submission. You will have 30 minutes to write the essay. You sho
2、uld write at least且Q words but no more than垃Q words.Part IIListening Comprehension(25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end ofeach news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once.
3、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) He noticed the driver was too
4、 young to drive.B) He found there was no one sitting at the wheel.C) He thought something must be wrong with the driver.D) He saw the driver changing lanes much too frequently.2. A) Buy a sports car.C) Leave California.B) Drive across town.D) Visit his sister.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news
5、report you have just heard.3. A) How they change the way we shop.C) How they cause increased headaches.B) How they alter human skeletons.D) How they affect our communication.4. A) It loosens.C) It hardens.B) It brightens.D) It softens.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard
6、.5. A) Create Internet pages for him.C) Name an orange tree after him.B) Ask a local pet shop to adopt him.D) Hold a birthday party for him.6. A) He is a bold and aggressive pet.C) He once bit a doctors receptionist.B) He pays regular visits to village shops.D) He likes to sit on the hairdressers ch
7、air.7. A) He is fond ofluxury cat food.C) He knows everybody in the village.B) He likes to stay in villagers houses.D) He often seeks food around her pub.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both th
8、e 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 I with a single line through the centre. 2023年12月四级真题（第二套）10Questions 8 to 11 are b
9、ased on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) Who to order the food.C) When to go for their meal.B) Whether to have sandwiches.D) Where to have their lunch.9. A) In the shopping center nearby.C) At the Sandwich Place on Camden Street.B) In the expensive Italian style diner.10. A) There is to be
10、 a conference call.B) She has to meet with her boss then.11. A) She doesnt deem homemade soup tasty.B) She doesnt think his wife cooks well.D) At the American restaurant they frequent.C) There will be crowds of people waiting for her.D) She will have a photo taken with Brigette Clark.C) She feels Je
11、remy would rather dine out.D) She has found the soup smells terrible.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) A landlady.B) A waitress.C) A receptionist.D) A saleswoman.13. A) He was involved in a terrible car accident last April. C) He is expected to undergo a kne
12、e operation.B) He has much difficulty getting up and down stairs.D) He prefers to stay next door to the children.14. A) To please his parents-in-law.B) To find the best trip for his kids.15. A) Visit a local art gallery.B) Go on a boat trip.C) To satisfy his curiosity.D) To compare prices.C) Take so
13、me photos of the islands.D) Try her hand-made clothing.Section CDirections: 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 be
14、st answer from thefour choices marked A), B), C) and 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) They are more intelligent than many ofus.C) They have begun to affect our social
15、behavior.B) They have already become our new friends.D) They play increasingly more important roles.17. A) Whether it might have any effect on the way we negotiate.B) Whether it might actually outperform human negotiators.C) Whetheerriit can facilitate business transactions.D) Whether it can speed u
16、p legal procedures.18. A) Choose to be tough.B) Sympathize with their opponent.C) Use deceptive strategies.D) Appear to be pleasant.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) They were perceived differently by some academics.B) They still existed six months after the cour
17、se ended.C) They varied greatly among the course participants.D) They were only measurable within seven weeks.11 2023年12月四级真题（第二套）20. A) They can be easily seen among participants in a healthy weight range.B) They should be attributed to participantschange in diet behaviors.C) They are linked to coo
18、king confidence and cooking satisfaction.D) They actually result from eating more fruits and vegetables.21. A) Gender.C) Health.B) Confidence.D) Practice.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It keeps others away.C) It remains visible.B) It causes discomfort.23. A) I
19、t makes us feel uncomfortable.B) It renders the acquaintance a stranger.24. A) In personal space.B) In social space.25. A) When we begin to feel fear.B) When we develop a sense of space.D) It varies in size.C) It brings the acquaintance closer to us.D) It causes the bubble around us to vanish.C) Wit
20、hin a distance of 18 inches.D) Over 2 feet away from one another.C) When we are 3 or 4 years old.D) When we enter our teens.Part IDSection AReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list
21、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 letterfor each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of t
22、he words in the bank more than once.A number of studies have looked at how family life can affect productivity and satisfaction in the workplace. However, there has been _2.Q_ little research on the influence of leisure activities. So Ciara Kelly and colleagues recruited 129 hobbyists to look at how
23、 the time spent on their hobbies _JJ_ their work life.The researchers found that when participants spent longer than _l旦on their leisure activity, theirbelief in their ability to perform their job was strengthened. But this was only the立生when they had a serious hobby that was dissimilar to their job
24、, or when their hobby was similar to their work but they only did it l_Q_. When their hobby was both serious and similar to their job, then spending more time on it actually decreased their work _1L.Why might that be? To maintain a serious hobby, people need to invest significant psychologicalresour
25、ces, say the authors-so if the activity has the same kinds of demands as their work, they may be left工and unable to perform well at their job. But if their hobby is quite different from their career, it may not鸟in the same way but instead help them develop other knowledge and skills that can _:性thei
26、r confidence at work. Consider a scientist who is a keen rock climber, says Kelly. Since climbing is 2023年12月四级真题（第二套）12so far立from their day-to-day work activities, they can still recover from the demands of their job with plenty of resources. 2023年12月四级真题（第二套）15A) boostB) caseC) casuallyD) efficie
27、ncyE) estateF) exhaustedG) facultyH) interfereI) normalJ) prevalentK) relativeL) removedM) scratchN) shaped0) surprisinglySection 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. Iden
28、tify 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.More fathers are taking paternity leave, but mothers are still doing all the workA)
29、Attitudes towards paternity leave（陪产假）have drastically changed in America in the last five years as more fathers feel comfortable taking extended time off, but gender bias persists when it comes to career prospects and the home, according to a new study of working parents.B) Research by the Boston C
30、ollege Center for Work & Family, which surveyed new parents at four large US companies who were qualified for taking at least six weeks paid parental leave, found that 81% of the 1,240 employees surveyed said the notion of fathers taking leave has become more acceptable.C) Of those surveyed, 62% of
31、fathers took the maximum amount of time off compared to 93% of mothers, and around three-quarters of workers said their employer was equally supportive of mothers and fathers taking parental leave and over half said leave policies had made workplace culture better.D) The US is one of only three coun
32、tries in the world not to offer statutory（法定的）paid leave, but increasinglystates and companies are starting to take up the issue. So far, eight states and the District of Columbia have their own paid family leave laws.E) Brad Harrington, executive director of the center and lead author of the study,
33、 estimates only 20% to 30% of companies in the US offer paid parental leave. He feels the research findings reflect an obvious change in corporate attitudes to new fathers taking time off.F) We did a study on paternity leave five years ago. Compared with those findings, these numbers were shocking t
34、o me. I did not expect 80% of people to say the organisation finds dads taking this leave acceptable and three-quarters to say its equally supportive of women and men taking leave, Harrington said.G) The previous study found that nearly three-quarters of fathers saw two to four weeks as an appropria
35、te duration for paternity leave and 76% said they would prefer not to take all their time off at once.H) Since then, there have been a number of legal cases against companies involving paternity leaveincluding cases against JPMorgan Chase and Estee Lauderwhich have helped put pressure on companies t
36、o maketheir parental leave policies gender neutral.I) However, the study also shows how traditional gender roles endure both at work, where more women than men reported changes in their perceived career potential, and at home-even among workers who claim to have a strong desire for equality.J) The v
37、ast majority of men, 97%, said one of the top reasons to take leave was to share caregiving with their partner. But when they were asked about how caregiving and household tasks were divided, their answers painted a different picture. While about 75% of employees said both genders should give the sa
38、me amount of care, the majority of men and nearly half of women admitted that in reality the female actually did most of it. A tiny fraction, 2%, of men said they did more of the childcare.K) Men and womens experiences of the return to work following parental leave were also considerably different.
39、Of the women surveyed, 32% reported a downturn in their job satisfaction, while 14% said it increased. In comparison, 17% of men said their job satisfaction went down and 20% said it went up. Meanwhile, more women reported an increase in their responsibilities and manager expectations after childbir
40、th. Half of the women said they used flexible work arrangements after becoming a parent, while just 27% of men did. Similar percentages of men and women said they enjoyed their careers and that it gave them a sense of achievement, while around half of women and 44% of men said it was a key part of t
41、heir identity.L) On the subject of career advancement, 59% of women and 49% of men said leave could be limiting and both genders said they feared it would have an impact on their progress long-term. But on opportunity for promotion, more than double the number of women, 30% compared with 15% of men,
42、 believed their chances to be lower after becoming a parent. Despite progress, the struggle for women to reach the highest positions of power is demonstrated in this years Fortune 500 list, which featured a record 33 female CEOs, but this still represents a tiny fraction of the total.M) Harrington s
43、aid culture change depends on companie.s putting more focus on men and their responsibilities. By that I mean companies need to give men paternity leave and encourage men to take time off to be with their kids early on in the kidslife. They also need to recognise that men have to make significant ad
44、justments when they become parents. Companies cannot do all these things to enhance womens advancement and then turn around and say,Oh, but we dont expect the men to take over for the women at home.N) In May, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Outten & Golden LLP announced a historic clas
45、s action $5m settlement with JPMorgan Chase on behalf of male employees who claim they were illegally denied access to paid parental leave. Derek Rotondo, 35, filed the discrimination charge against his company after he was allegedly told by his HR department that mothers were considered primary car
46、egivers. Thus, they were allowed to take 16 weeks of paid parental leave. Fathers, however, could take just two weeks.0) The father of two from Columbus, Ohio, who still works at the company as an associate and investigator, said he has witnessed a domino effect（多米诺效应）“across companies since the set
47、tlement, but that there is still substantial progress to be made towards changing attitudes towards paternity leave.P) I do think theres still some way to gotheres still going to be sort of the unstated expectation for new dads to essentially come right back to work, but I think the research is show
48、ing thats starting to change. He saidequal parental leave is an essential component to creating gender equality in the workplace. The old standard of women staying home, having babies and cooking doesnt apply and hasnt applied for a long time.36. In the absence of Federal legislation, some states in the US have passed laws concerning paid family leave.37. Most fathers admitted that even during their paternity leave they actually did much