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大学英语四级考试真题详细解析第三套
2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第三套)
PartI
Writing
(25minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonhowtobesthandle
therelationshipbetweenparentsandchildren.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomore
than180words.
PartII
ListeningComprehension
(25minutes)
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
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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
Directions:
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