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1、2023年12月高校英语四级真题及答案解析（全三套） 四级听力第一套：News Report 1A 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 Witulskis grandmother Kim Allred, said Addison probably overheard a conversation between family members talkin
2、g about the funds needed to get her little brother to treatment. guess she overheard her grandfather and me talking about how were worried about how were going to get to Houston, for my grandsons heart surgery, /z said Allred. She decided to go outside and have a lemonade stand and make some drawing
3、s and pictures and sell them. Thats 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 fami
4、ly turned to social media expressing their gratitude saying, “From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to deeply thank each and every person that stopped by! 1: Who did Addison raise the money for?People lived in small communities. It was fisherman and farmers who provided fresh food that tasted
5、 and looked like food. Unlike today s supermarkets, and there were small towns and New York wasnt that far away. Im 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
6、, 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. Id love it. The printing, the books, I m very attached to all that kind of thing. That ma
7、y not all be very entertaining in the modern sense of the world, but I wou 1 d 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
8、 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
9、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
10、to the point where is under control. Don t run blindly if you must move, dont 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
11、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, youre much easier to be seen on top of the hill. And you may even spot the highway or railroad from this point. Nowad
12、ays, 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 youre going, and when you are expected to return, also when someone comes to looking, you should be able to signal to t
13、hem.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 youre lost in the woods?25. What should you do before you go into the woods?22. C) Sit down
14、and try to calm yourself23. B) You may expose yourself to unexpected dangers.24. D) Walk uphill.25. A) Inform somebody of your plan.四级听力其次套：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.1.8) Gas consumption is soaring.1.9) He helps a
15、 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 lecture9. C) Attend his brothers birthday party10. D) Join him in his brother s birthday celebration11. B) By train12. A) Taking a vacation abroad.
16、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
17、 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 superior27. D nuisance28. M tip29. 0 visual30. A as
18、sociated31. F preventing32. H sensitive33. I slight34. C indicate35. J specify匹配题36. I Elderly students find it hard to keep up with therapid changes in education.37. E Some believe take-home exams may affect studentsperformances in others courses.38. C Certain professors believe in-class exams areu
19、ltimately more helpful to students39. D In-class exams are believed to discourage cheatingin 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 lastmoment often find the exams more difficult than they actually are.42. G Different
20、 students may prefer different types ofexams.43. F Most professors agree whether to give an in-classor a take-home exam depends on the type of course being taught.44. A The author dropped out of college some forty yearsago.45. J Some students think take-home exams will eat uptheir free time.细致阅读46.
21、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 peoples health only to a limited extent.50. A The human lifespan cannot be prolonged.51. C More males than females a
22、re 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 womens status in a
23、cademic circles. 四级阅读其次套：选词填空We all know there exists a great void (空白)in the public educational system when itcomes to 26to STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) courses. One educator named Dori Roberts decided to do somethingto change this system. Dori taught high school engineerin
24、g for 11 years. Shenoticed there was a real void in quality STEM education at all 27 ofthe public educationalsystem. 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 programwh
25、ere children29in STEM-based competitions. The clubgrew quickly and when it reached 180 members and the kidsin the program wonseveral state30, she decidedto devote all her time tocultivating and31it. The global business EFK was born.Dori began operating EFK out of her Virginiahome, which she then exp
26、anded to32recreation centers.Today, the EFK program 33 over 144 branches in32 states within theUnited States and in 21 countries. Sales have doubled from $5 million in 2023to $10 million in 2023, with 25 new branches planned for 2023. The EFK websitestates, uOur nation is not 34enough engineers. Our
27、philosophy is to inspirekids at a young age to understand that engineering is a great35.”26. Gexposure27. Llevels28. Fenroll29. 0participated30. Cchampionships31. Edeveloping32. Mlocal33. Noperates34. Jgraduating35. Bcareer匹配题36. To be curious, we need to realize first of all thatthere are many thin
28、gs 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 are unaware of how much we don t know, he s surely right to pointout that the problem is growing:Google c
29、an give us the powerful illusion thatall questions have definite answers. ”37. According to Leslie, curiosity is essential to one ssuccess.D)Thejournalist Ian Leslie, in his new and enjoyablebook Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It, insists that the answer to that last ques
30、tion is “Yes” . Leslie argues thatcuriosity is a much-overlooked human virtue, crucial to our success, and thatwe are losing it.38. We should feel happy when we pursue knowledgeforknowledge, s sake.0)All of which brings us back to Goodelland theChristie case and Benghazi. Each critic in those exampl
31、es is charging, in a different way, that someone in authority is intentionally being incurious.I leave it to the readers political preference to decide which, if any, charges should stick. But let s be careful about demanding curiosity about theother side s weaknesses and remaining determinedly incu
32、rious about our own. Weshould be delighted to pursue knowledge for its own sake一even when what we findout is something we didnt particularly want to know.39. Political leaders lack of curiosity will result inbad consequences.M) AlthoughLeslie, s book isn t about politics, he doesn t entirely shy awa
33、y from theproblem. Political leaders, like leaders of other organizations, should becurious. They should ask questions at crucial moments. There are seriousconsequences, he warns, in not wanting to know.40. There are often accusations about politicians andthe media s lack of curiosity to find out th
34、e truth.B) Theaccusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often, carrying the suggestionthat there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth. I havebeen bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity, Jsaid aDemocratic member of the New Jersey legislature back2: How
35、 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. Cal
36、led 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
37、 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 sol
38、ar panels. In November 2023, 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 in July, referring to aninsufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant
39、to New JerseyGovernor Chris Christie who chose not to ask hard questions about the GeorgeWashington Bridge traffic scandal. Isn t the mainstream media the least bitcurious about what happened? wrote conservative writer Jennifer Rubin earlierthis year, referring to the attack on Americans in Benghazi
40、, Libya.41. The less curious a child is, the less knowledge thechild may turn out to have.L) Schooleducation, he warns, is often conducted in a way that makes children incurious. Children of educated and upper-middle-class parents turn out to be far morecurious, even at early ages, than children of
41、working class and lower classfamilies. That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and thelack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.42. It is widely accepted that academic accomp1ishmentlies in both intelligence and diligence.K) Citingthe work of p
42、sychologists and cognitive (认 知的)scientists, Leslie criticizes the received wisdomthat academic success is the result of a combination of intellectual talent andhard work. Curiosity, he argues, is the third key factorand a difficult one topreserve. If not cultivated, it will not survive： “Childhood
43、curiosity is a collaboration between childand adult. The surest way to kill it is to leave it alone.”43. Visiting a bookshop as curiosity leads us can be agood way to entertain ourselves.J) Somewhatnostalgically (怀 旧地)，he quote John Maynard Keynes s justlyfamous words of praise to the bookstoreOne s
44、hould enter it vaguely, almost ina dream, and allow what is there freely to attract and influence the eye. Towalk the rounds of the bookshops, dipping in as curiosity dictates, should bean afternoon, s entertainment. If only!44. Both the rise of the Internet and reduced appetitefor literary fiction
45、contribute to people s declining curiosity. G) Lesliepresents considerable evidence for the proposition that the society as a wholeis growing less curious. In the U. S. and Europe, for example, the rise of thelnternet has led to a declining consumption of news from outside the reader sborders. But n
46、ot everything is to be blamed on technology. The decline ininterest in literaryidentified byfiction is also one of the causesLeslie.Reading literary fiction, he says, make us more curious.45. Mankind wouldn t be so innovative without curiosity.F)Why isthis a problem? Because without curiosity wewill
47、 lose the spirit of innovationand entrepreneurship. We will see unimaginative governments and dyingcorporations make disastrous decisions. We will lose a vital part of what hasmade humanity as a whole so successful as a species. 细致阅读46. What do we learn from the passage about cities in sub- Saharan
48、Africa?B) They are growing fast without becoming richer47. What does the author imply about urbanisation in other parts of the world?B) It started when people s income was relatively high.48. Why is sub-Saharan Africa unappealing to investors?A) It lacks adequate transport facilities.49. In what way does author say African cities are different?C) They have developed at the expense of nature.50. What might be a solution to the problems facing African cities?D) A more re