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1、20172017 年年 1212 月大学英语四级真题及答案月大学英语四级真题及答案(第三套第三套)Part I Writing(25 minutes)Part I Writing(25 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essayonhow to best handle the relationshop between teachers and students.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180
2、words.Part II Listening Comprehension(25 minutes)Section ASection 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 andthe questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must chooseth
3、e best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark thecorresponding 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
4、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 vehi
5、cles.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
6、 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.
7、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 huntersSection BDirections：In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the endof each conversation,
8、you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and thequestions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose thebest answer from the four choices marked A),B),C),and D).Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to
9、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 h
10、as 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 couples holiday trip.B)He will tell the women the secret if her husband agrees.C)He is eager to learn how the couples holiday turns o
11、ut.D)He wants to find out about the couples 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 rivals att
12、itude 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 ones intentions.C)Formulate on
13、es strategy.B)Clarify items of negotiation.D)Get to know the other side.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear three passages.At the end of eachpassage,you willhear three or four questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spokenonlyonce.After you hear a question,you must choose
14、the best answer from the fourchoices marked A),B),C),D).Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A)When Americas earliest space program started.B)When the International Space Station w
15、as 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 t
16、o 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
17、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
18、.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 foot
19、prints 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 th
20、e local weather.B)Prepare enough food and drink.D)Find a map and a compass.PartPart Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section CSection CDirections:There are 2 passages in this section.Each passage is followed bysome questions or unfinished statements.For each of them
21、there are four choicesmarked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage.Aging happens to all of us,and is generally thought of as a natur
22、al part oflife.It would seem silly to call such a thing a“disease.”On the other hand,scientists are increasingly learning that aging andbiological age are two different things,and that the former is a key risk factorfor conditions such as heart disease,cancer and many more.In that light,agingitself
23、might be seen as something treatable,the way you would treat high bloodpressure or a vitamin deficiency.Biophysicist Alex Zhavoronkov believes that aging should be considered a disease.He said that describing aging as a disease creates incentives to develop treatments.“It unties the hands of the pha
24、rmaceutical(制药的)industry so that they canbegin treating the disease and not just the side effects,”he said.“Right now,people think of aging as natural and something you cant control,”he said.“IN academic circles,people take aging research as just an interest areawhere they can try to develop interve
25、ntions.The medical community also takes agingfor granted,and can do nothing about it except keep people within a certain healthrange.”But if aging were recognized as a disease,he said,“It would attract fundingand change the way we do health care.What matters is understand that aging iscurable.”“It w
26、as always known that the body accumulates damage,”he added.“The onlyway to cure aging is to find ways to repair that damage.I think of it as preventivemedicine for age-related conditions.”Leonard Hayflick,a professor at the University of California,San Francisco,said the idea that aging can be cured
27、 implies the human lifespancan be increased,which some researchers suggest is possible.Hayflick is not among them.“Therere many people who recover from cancer,stroke,or heart disease.Butthey continue to age,because aging is separate from their disease,”Hayflick said.“Even if those causes of death we
28、re eliminated,life expectancy would still notgo much beyond 92 years.”46.Whatdo people generally believe about aging?A)It should cause not alarm whatsoever.B)They just cannot do anything about it.C)It should be regardedas a kind of disease.D)They can delay it with advances in science.do many scienti
29、sts view aging now?A)It might be prevented and treated.C)It results from a vitamin deficiency.B)It can be as risky as heart disease.D)It is an irreversible biologicalprocess.48.What does Alex Zhavoronkov think of“describing aging as a disease”?A)It will prompt people to take aging more seriously.B)I
30、t will greatly help reduce the side effects of aging.C)It will free pharmacists from the conventional beliefs about aging.D)It will motivate doctors and pharmacists to find ways to treat aging.49.What do we learn about the medical community?A)They now have a strong interest in research on aging.B)Th
31、ey differ from the academic circles in their view on aging.C)They can contribute to peoples health only to a limited extent.D)They have ways to intervene in peoples aging process.50.What does Professor Leonard Hayflick believe?A)The human lifespan cannot be prolonged.B)Aging is hardly separable from
32、 disease.C)Few people can live up to the age of 92.D)Heart disease is the major cause of aging.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half aslikely to receive excellent letters of recommendation,compared
33、 with their malecounterparts.Christopher Intagliata reports.As in many other fields,gender bias is widespread in the sciences.Men scorehigher starting salaries,have more mentoring(指导),and have better odds of beinghired.Studies show theyre also perceived as more competent than women in STEM(Science,T
34、echnology,Engineering,and Mathematics)fields.And new researchreveals that men are more likely to receive excellent letters of recommendation,too.“Say,you know,this is the best student I ve ever had,”says Kuheli Dutt,a social scientist and diversity officer at Columbia Universitys Lamont campus.“Comp
35、are those excellent letters with a merely good letter:The candidate wasproductive,or intelligent,or a solid scientist or something thats clearly solidpraise,but nothing that singles out the candidate as exceptional or one of akind.”Dutt and her colleagues studied more than 1,200 letters of recommend
36、ation forpostdoctoral positions in geoscience.They were all edited for gender and otheridentifying information,so Dutt and her team could assign them a score withoutknowing the gender of the student.They found that female applicants were only halfas likely to get outstanding letters,compared withthe
37、ir male counterparts.Thatincludes letters of recommendation from all over the world,and written by,yes,men and women.The findings are in the journal Nature Geoscience.Dutt says they were not able to evaluate the actual scientific qualificationsof the applicants using the data in the files.But she sa
38、ys the results still suggestwomen in geoscience are at a potential disadvantage from the very beginning of theircareers starting with those less than out-standing letters of recommendation.“Were not trying to assign blame or criticize anyone or call anyone consciouslysexist.Rather,the point is to us
39、e the results of this study toopen upmeaningfuldialogues on implicit gender bias,be it at a departmental level or an institutionallevel or even a discipline level.”Which may lead to some recommendations for theletter writers themselves.51.What do we learn about applicants to postdoctoral positions i
40、n geosciences?A)There are many more men applying than women.B)Chances for women to get the positions are scarce.C)More males than females are likely to get outstanding letters ofrecommendation.D)Male applicants have more interest in these positions than their femalecounterparts.52.What do studies ab
41、out men and women in scientific research show?A)Women engaged in postdoctoralwork are quickly catching up.B)Fewer women are applying for postdoctoralpositions due to gender bias.C)Men are believed to be better able to excel in STEM disciplines.D)Women who are keenly interested in STEM fields are oft
42、en exceptional.53.What do the studies find about the recommendation letters for womenapplicants?A)They are hardly ever supported by concrete examples.B)They contain nothing that distinguishes the applicants.C)They provide objective information without exaggeration.D)They are often filled with praise
43、 for exceptional applicants.54.What did Dutt and her colleagues do with the more than 1,200 letters ofrecommendation?A)They asked unbiased scholars to evaluate them.B)They invited women professionals to edit them.C)They assigned them randomly to reviewers.D)They deleted all information about gender.
44、55.What does Dutt aim to do with her study?A)Raise recommendation writersawareness of gender bias in their letters.B)Open up fresh avenues for women post-doctors to join in reaserach work.C)Alert women researchers to all types of gender bias in the STEM disciplines.D)Start a public discussion on how
45、 to raise womens status in academic circles.PartPart Translation(30 minutes)Translation(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passagefrom Chinese intoEnglish.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.黄山位于安徽省南部。它风景独特，尤以其日出和云海著称。要欣赏大山的宏伟壮丽，通常得向上看。但要欣赏黄山美景，得
46、向下看。黄山的湿润气候有利于茶树生成，是中国主要产茶地之一。这里还有许多温泉，其泉水有助于防治皮肤病。黄山是中国主要旅游目的地之一，也是摄影和传统国画最受欢迎的主题。参考答案：参考答案：Part I WritingPart I Writing：A good teacher-student relationship will make learning and teaching enjoyableand interesting.Both teachers and students should make efforts to build a harmoniousrelationship.On t
47、he one hand,the teacher plays an essential role in setting up a goodteacher-student relationship.The teacher should motivate the students and lead themto be interestedin learning.Agood teacher should be patient,kindly and strict.Too kindly or too strict can be both harmful.On the other hand,the stud
48、ents shouldrespect their teachers,and pay more attention in class to learn how to solve problems.Its important to learn to raise questions and work out problems in new ways.A good teacher-student relationship benefits both the teachers and the students,so its vital for them to word harder.Part II Li
49、stening ComprehensionPart II Listening Comprehension Her little brother.By selling lemonade and pictures.Providing clean energy to five million people.They can be laid right on top of existing highways.Endless fighting in the region.To find evidence of the existence of the“lost lions”.Lions tracks.A
50、 special gift from the man.Threw her a surprise party.The trip her husband has planned.He is eager to learn how the couples holiday turns out.They are sensitive to the dynamics of a negotiation.They know when to stop.They learn quickly.Get to know the other side.How space research benefits people on