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1、四级正文2016年12月大学英语四级考试(卷一)PartWriting（30 minutes）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have two options upon graduation: one is to take a job in a company and the other to go to a graduate school. You are to make a choice between the two. Write an essay t

2、o explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news r

3、eport 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 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you

4、have just heard.1. A) It was dangerous to live in.B) It was going to be renovated.C) He could no longer pay the rent.D) He had sold it to the royal family.2. A) A strike.C) A forest fire.B) A storm.D) A terrorist attack.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) They l

5、ost contact with the emergency department.B) They were trapped in an underground elevator.C) They were injured by suddenly falling rocks.D) They sent calls for help via a portable radio.4. A) They tried hard to repair the elevator.B) They released the details of the accident.C) They sent supplies to

6、 keep the miners warm.D) They provided the miners with food and water.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) Raise postage rates.C) Redesign delivery routes.B) Improve its services.D) Close some of its post offices.6. A) Shortening business hours.B) Closing offices o

7、n holidays.C) Stopping mail delivery on Saturdays.D) Computerizing mail sorting processes.7. A) Many post office staff will lose their jobs.B) Many people will begin to complain.C) Taxpayers will be very pleased.D) A lot of controversy will arise.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear t

8、wo long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the 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 Ans

9、wer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) He will be kept from promotion.B) He will go through retraining.C) He will be given a warning.D) He will lose part of his pay.9. A) He is always on time.B) He is a trustworthy

10、 guy.C) He is an experienced press operator.D) He is on good terms with his workmates.10. A) She is a trade union representative.B) She is in charge of public relations.C) She is a senior manager of the shop.D) She is better at handling such matters.11. A) He is skilled and experienced.B) He is very

11、 close to the manager. C) He is always trying to stir up trouble. D) He is always complaining about low wages.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Open.C) Selfish.B) Friendly.D) Reserved.13. A) They stay quiet.C) They talk about the weather.B) They read a book.

12、D) They chat with fellow passengers.14. A) She was always treated as a foreigner. B) She was eager to visit an English castle. C) She was never invited to a colleagues home. D) She was unwilling to make friends with workmates.15. A) Houses are much more quiet. C) They want to have more space.B) Hous

13、es provide more privacy. D) They want a garden of their own.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best a

14、nswer 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 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They dont have much choice of jobs.B) They are likely to get much higher pay.C) They

15、 dont have to go through job interviews.D) They will automatically be given hiring priority.17. A) Ask their professors for help.B) Look at school bulletin boards.C) Visit the school careers service.D) Go through campus newspapers.18. A) Helping students find the books and journals they need.B) Supe

16、rvising study spaces to ensure a quiet atmosphere.C) Helping students arrange appointments with librarians.D) Providing students with information about the library.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) It tastes better.B) It is easier to grow.C) It may be sold at a h

17、igher price.D) It can better survive extreme weathers.20. A) It is healthier than green tea.B) It can grow in drier soil.C) It will replace green tea one day.D) It is immune to various diseases.21. A) It has been well received by many tea drinkers. B) It does not bring the promised health benefits.

18、C) It has made tea farmers life easier. D) It does not have a stable market.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) They need decorations to show their status.B) They prefer unique objects of high quality.C) They decorate their homes themselves.D) They care more about

19、environment.23. A) They were proud of their creations.B) They could only try to create at night.C) They made great contributions to society.D) They focused on the quality of their products.24. A) Make wise choices.B) Identify fake crafts.C) Design handicrafts themselves.D) Learn the importance of cr

20、eation.25. A) To boost the local economy.B) To attract foreign investments.C) To arouse public interest in crafts.D) To preserve the traditional culture.Part Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wor

21、d for each blank from a list 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 letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the ce

22、ntre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. The ocean is heating up. Thats the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earths oceans now 26 heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago. Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 has taken place since 1997, researchers repor

23、t online in Nature Climate Change. Warming waters are known to 27 to coral bleaching(珊瑚白化) and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea 28. While the top of the ocean is well studied, its depths are more difficult to 29. The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in

24、order to get a better 30 of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century 31 of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes. The extensive data sources, 32 with computer simulations(计算机模拟), created a timeline

25、of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel 33.About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now resides at a 34 of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say theyre 35 whether the deep sea warming ca

26、nceled out warming at the seas surface.A) absorb B) combined C) contribute D) depthE) emissions F) excursion G) explore H) floorI) heights J) indifferent K) levels L) mixedM) picture N) unsure O) voyageSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached

27、 to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify 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.The

28、Secret to Raising Smart KidsA I first began to investigate the basis of human motivationand how people persevere after setbacksas a psychology graduate student at Yale University in the 1960s. Animal experiments by psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania had shown that after repeated failure

29、s, most animals conclude that a situation is hopeless and beyond their control. After such an experience an animal often remains passive even when it can affect changea state they called learned helplessness.B People can learn to be helpless,too. Why do some students give up when they encounter diff

30、iculty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soon discovered, lay in peoples beliefs about why they had failed.C In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to bla

31、me. When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough. Another group of helpless children who were simply rewarded for their success on easier problems did not improve th

32、eir ability to solve hard math problems. These experiments indicated that a focus on effort can help resolve helplessness and generate success.D Later, I developed a broader theory of what separates the two general classes of learnershelpless versus mastery oriented. I realized these different types of students not only explain their failures differently, but they also hold different “theories” of intelligence. The