大学英语四级考试真题详细解析第三套Word格式文档下载.docx

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than180words.

PartII

ListeningComprehension

说明：

由于2017年12月四级考试全国共考了2套听力，本套真题听力与前2套内容完全一

样，只是顺序不一样，因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。

PartIII

ReadingComprehension

（40minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectoneword

foreachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassage

throughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.

PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethrough

thecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

Questions26to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Weallknowthereexistsagreatvoid（空白）inthepubliceducationalsystemwhenitcomesto

26toSTEM（Science,Technology,EngineeringandMathematics）courses.Oneeducatornamed

DoriRobertsdecidedtodosomethingtochangethissystem.Doritaughthighschoolengineering

for11years.ShenoticedtherewasarealvoidinqualitySTEMeducationatall27ofthepublic

educationalsystem.Shesaid,“IstartedEngineeringForKids（EFK）afternoticingareallackof

math,scienceandengineeringprogramsto28myownkidsin.”

Shedecidedtostartanafterschoolprogramwherechildren29inSTEM-basedcompetitions.The

clubgrewquicklyandwhenitreached180membersandthekidsintheprogramwonseveralstate

30

shedecidedtodevoteallhertimetocultivatingand31it.TheglobalbusinessEFKwas

born.

DoribeganoperatingEFKoutofherVirginiahome,whichshethenexpandedto32

63

recreation

centers.Today,theEFKprogram33

over144branchesin32stateswithintheUnitedStates

andin21countries.Saleshavedoubledfrom$5millionin2014to$10millionin2015,with25

newbranchesplannedfor2016.TheEFKwebsitestates,“Ournationisnot34enoughengineers.

Ourphilosophyistoinspirekidsatayoungagetounderstandthatengineeringisagreat35.”

A）attracted

B）career

C）championships

D）degrees

E）developing

F）enroll

G）exposure

H）feasible

I）feeding

J）graduating

K）interest

L）levels

M）local

N）operates

O）participated

SectionB

Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.

Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfrom

whichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraph

ismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswer

Sheet2.

Whyaren’tyoucuriousaboutwhathappened?

A）“YoususpendedRayRiceafterourvideo,areporterfromTMZchallengedNationalFootball

LeagueCommissionerRogerGoodelltheotherday.“Whydidn’tyouhavethecuriositytogoto

thecasino（赌场）yourself?

”Theimplicationofthequestionisthatamorecuriouscommissioner

wouldhavefoundawaytogetthetape.

B）

Theaccusationofincuriosityisonethatwehearoften,carryingthesuggestionthatthereis

somethingwrongwithnotwantingtosearchoutthetruth.Ihavebeenbotheredforalongtime

aboutthecuriouslackofcuriositysaidaDemocraticmemberoftheNewJerseylegislatureback

inJuly,referringtoaninsufficientlyinquiringattitudeonthepartofanassistanttoNewJersey

GovernorChrisChristiewhochosenottoaskhardquestionsabouttheGeorgeWashingtonBridge

trafficscandal.“Isn’tthemainstreammediatheleastbitcuriousaboutwhathappened?

”wrote

conservativewriterJenniferRubinearlierthisyear,referringtotheattackonAmericansin

Benghazi,Libya.

C）

Theimplication,ineachcase,isthatcuriosityisagoodthing,andalackofcuriosityisa

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problem.Aresuchaccusationssimplyeffortstoscorepoliticalpointsforone’sparty?

Oristhere

somethingofparticularvalueaboutcuriosityinandofitself?

D）ThejournalistIanLeslie,inhisnewandenjoyablebookCurious：

TheDesiretoKnowand

WhyYourFutureDependsonIt,insiststhattheanswertothatlastquestionis‘Yes’.Leslieargues

thatcuriosityisamuch-overlookedhumanvirtue,crucialtooursuccess，andthatwearelosingit.

E）

Wearesuffering，hewrites，froma“serendipitydeficit.”Theword“serendipity”wascoined

byHoraceWalpoleinan1854letter,fromataleofthreeprinceswho“werealwaysmaking

discoveries,byaccident,ofthingstheywerenotinsearchof.”Leslieworriesthattheriseof