英语四级真题和答案第二套.docx

1、英语四级真题和答案第二套2017年12月 英语四级 【第二套】真题和答案完整版Part I ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Writing ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on how to best handle the relationship between parents and children. You should write at least 120 words

2、but no more than 180 words.?低级拿分版Nowadays, there has been a heated discussion as to the relationship between parents and children. Views on the topic vary greatly among people from different walks of life. Some believe that parents should spend more time with their children, but others consider it b

3、etter to ask children to show more understanding towards their parents.On one hand, I agree with the idea that as children, we should show more understanding and appreciate the love and life our parents have provided us with. Therefore, we could help our parents at home, say, share some of the house

4、work. Furthermore, we could also tell them “I love you” every day to thank them. On the other hand, working parents are busy and have great pressure, so it is likely that they neglect their kids. Hence, to improve their relationship, parents could sit down and talk with their children, listen to the

5、ir problems, help them and respect them.?However, from my perspective, this is not one mans job. Both parents and children should work to understand each other. Thus, it is crucial to have effective communication. Only in this way can the relationship between parents and children be improved!阅读部分Par

6、t III ? ? ?Reading Comprehension ? ? ? ? ?(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your

7、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 centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.? ?We all know there exists a great void（空白）in the public educational sy

8、stem when it comes to ? ?26 ? ?to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) courses. One educator named Dori Roberts decided to do something to change this system. Dori taught high school engineering for 11 years. She noticed there was a real void in quality STEM education at all ? ?27

9、 ? ?of the public educational system. She said, “I started Engineering For Kids (EFK) after noticing a real lack of math, science and engineering programs to ? ?28 ? ?my own kids in.”? ?She decided to start an afterschool program where children ? ?29 ? in STEM-based competitions. The club grew quick

10、ly and when it reached 180 members and the kids in the program won several state ? ? 30 ?, she decided to devote all her time to cultivating and ? ? 31 ? ?it. The global business EFK was born.? ?Dori began operating EFK out of her Virginia home, which she then expanded to ? ? 32 ? ?recreation center

11、s. Today, the EFK program ? ?33 ? ?over 144 branches in 32 states within the United States and in 21 countries. Sales have doubled from $5 million in 2014 to $10 million in 2015, with 25 new branches planned for 2016. The EFK website states, “Our nation is not ? ?34 ? ?enough engineers. Our philosop

12、hy is to inspire kids at a young age to understand that engineering is a great ? ? ?35 ?.”?答案：26. G) exposure27. L) levels28. F) enroll29. O) participated30. C) championships31. E) developing32. M) local33. N) operates34. J) graduating35. B) career?Section BDirection: In this section, you are going

13、to read a passage with ten statements attached 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 t

14、he corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2.Why arent you curious about what happenedA)? ?“You suspended Ray Rice after our video,” a reporter from TMZ challenged National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell the other day. ”Why didnt you have the curiosity to go to the casino(赌场) yourself” The

15、implication of the question is that a more curious commissioner would have found a way to get the tape.B)? ?The accusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often, carrying the suggestion that there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth. “I have been bothered for a long time a

16、bout the curious lack of curiosity,” said a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July, referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who chose not to ask hard questions about the George Washington Bridge traffic

17、 scandal. “Isnt the mainstream media the least bit curious about what happened” wrote conservative writer Jennifer Rubin earlier this year, referring to the attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.C)? ?The implication, in each case, is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a prob

18、lem. Are such accusations simply efforts to score political points for ones party Or is there something of particular value about curiosity in and of itselfD)? ?The journalist Ian Leslie, in his new and enjoyable book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It, insists that the an

19、swer to that last question is “Yes”. Leslie argues that curiosity is a much-overlooked human virtue, crucial to our success, and that we are losing it.E)? ?We are suffering, he writes, from a “serendipity deficit.” The word “serendipity” was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of

20、 three princes who “were always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of.” Leslie worries that the rise of the Internet, among other social and technological changes, has reduced our appetite for aimless adventures. No longer have we the inclination to let ourselves wand

21、er through fields of knowledge, ready to be surprised. Instead, we seek only the information we want.?F)? ?Why is this a problem Because without curiosity we will lose the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. We will see unimaginative governments and dying corporations make disastrous decision

22、s. We will lose a vital part of what has made humanity as a whole so successful as a species.G)? ?Leslie presents considerable evidence for the proposition that the society as a whole is growing less curious. In the U.S. and Europe, for example, the rise of the Internet has led to a declining consum

23、ption of news from outside the readers borders. But not everything is to be blamed on technology. The decline in interest in literary fiction is also one of the causes identified by Leslie. Reading literary fiction, he says, make us more curious.H)? ?Moreover, in order to be curious , ” you have to

24、aware of a gap in your knowledge in the first place.” Although Leslie perhaps paints a bit broadly in contending that most of us are unaware of how much we dont know, hes surely right to point out that the problem is growing:”Google can give us the powerful illusion that all questions have definite

25、answers.”I)? ?Indeed, Google, for which Leslie expresses admiration, is also his frequent whipping boy（替罪羊）.He quotes Google co-founder Larry Page to the effect that the “ perfect search engine” will “understand exactly what I mean and give me back exactly what I want.” Elsewhere in the book. ?Lesli

26、e writes：“Google aims to save you from the thirst of curiosity altogether.”J)? ?Somewhat nostalgically（怀旧地），he quote John Maynard Keyness justly famous words of praise to the bookstore:”One should enter it vaguely, almost in a dream, and allow what is there freely to attract and influence the eye. T

27、o walk the rounds of the bookshops, dipping in as curiosity dictates, should be an afternoons entertainment.” If only!K)? ?Citing the work of psychologists and cognitive（认知的）scientists, Leslie criticizes the received wisdom that academic success is the result of a combination of intellectual talent

28、and hard work. Curiosity, he argues, is the third key factorand a difficult one to preserve. If not cultivated, it will not survive：“Childhood curiosity is a collaboration between child and adult. The surest way to kill it is to leave it alone.”L)? ?School education, he warns, is often conducted in

29、a way that makes children incurious. Children of educated and upper-middle-class parents turn out to be far more curious, even at early ages, than children of working class and lower class families. That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult

30、if not impossible to compensate for later on.M)? ?Although Leslies book isnt about politics, he doesnt entirely shy away from the problem. Political leaders, like leaders of other organizations, should be curious. They should ask questions at crucial moments. There are serious consequences, he warns

31、, in not wanting to know.N)? ?He presents as an example the failure of the Geogre W. Bush administration to prepare properly for the after-effects of the invasion of Iraq. According to Leslie, those who ridiculed former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his 2002 remark that we have to be wary of

32、 the “unknown unknowns” were mistaken. Rumsfelds idea, Leslie writes, “wasnt absurdit was smart.” He adds, “The tragedy is that he didnt follow his own advice.”O)? ?All of which brings us back to Goodell and the Christie case and Benghazi. Each critic in those examples 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 lets be careful about demanding curiosity about the other sides weaknesses and remaining determinedly incurious abo