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2016年12月英语四级真题及答案第三套 Part I Writing (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 work in a state-owned businessandtheotherinajointventure.Youaretomakeachoicebetween thetwo.Writeanessaytoexplainthereasonsforyourchoice.Youshould write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section,you will hear three newsreports. At the endof each newsreport,youwillheartwoorthreequestions.Boththenewsreport and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C) andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasingle line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. A) To satisfy the curiosity of tourists. B) To replace two old stone bridges. C) To enable tourists to visit Goat Island. D) To improve utility services in the state. 2. A) Countless tree limbs. B) A few skeletons. C) Lots of wrecked boats and ships. D) Millions of coins on the bottom. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) It suspended diplomatic relations with Libya. B) It urged tourists to leave Tunisia immediately.

C) It shut down two border crossings with Libya. D) It launched a fierce attack against Islamic State. 4. A) Advise Tunisian civilians on how to take safety precautions. B) Track down the organization responsible for the terrorist attack. C) Train qualified security personnel for the Tunisian government. D) Devise a monitoring system on the Tunisian border with Libya. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A) An environment-friendly battery. B) An energy-saving mobile phone. C) A plant-powered mobile phone charger. D) A device to help plants absorb sunlight. 6. A) While sitting in their schools courtyard. B) While playing games on their phones. C) While solving a mathematical problem. D) While doing a chemical experiment. 7. A) It increases the applications of mobile phones. B) It speeds up the process of photosynthesis. C) It improves the reception of mobile phones. D) It collects the energy released by plants. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear two 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, youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C) andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasingle line through the centre. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. A) He visited the workshops in the Grimsby plant.

B) He called the woman and left her a message. C) He used stand-ins as replacements on all lines. D) He asked a technician to fix the broken production line. 9. A) It is the most modern production line. B) It assembles super-intelligent robots. C) It has stopped working completely. D) It is going to be upgraded soon. 10. A) To seek her permission. B) To place an order for robots. C) To request her to return at once. D) To ask for Tom’s phone number. 11. A) She is on duty. B) She is having her day off. C) She is on sick leave. D) She is abroad on business. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. A) He saved a baby boy’s life. B) He wanted to be a superhero. C) He prevented a train crash. D) He was a witness to an accident. 13. A) He has a 9-month-old boy. B) He is currently unemployed. C) He enjoys the interview. D) He commutes by subway. 14. A) A rock on the tracks. B) A misplaced pushchair. C) A strong wind. D) A speeding car. 15. A) She stood motionless in shock.

B) She cried bitterly. C) She called the police at once. D) She shouted for help. Section C Directions: Inthissection,youwillhearthreepassages.Attheendofeachpassage, youwillhearthreeorfourquestions.Boththepassageandthequestions willbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethe 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 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A) She inherited her family ice-cream business in Billings. B) She loved the ice-cream business more than teaching primary school. C) She started an ice-cream business to finance her daughter’s education. D) She wanted to have an ice-cream truck when she was a little girl. 17. A) To preserve a tradition. B) To amuse her daughter. C) To help local education. D) To make some extra money. 18. A) To raise money for business expansion. B) To make her truck attractive to children. C) To allow poor kids to have ice-cream too. D) To teach kids the value of mutual support. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. A) The reasons for imposing taxes. B) The various services money can buy. C) The various burdens on ordinary citizens. D) The function of money in the modern world.

20. A) Educating and training citizens. B) Improving public transportation. C) Protecting people’s life and property. D) Building hospitals and public libraries. 21. A) By asking for donations. B) By selling public lands. C) By selling government bonds. D) By exploiting natural resources. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22. A) It is located at the center of the European continent. B) It relies on tourism as its chief source of revenues. C) It contains less than a square mile of land. D) It is surrounded by France on three sides. 23. A) Its beauty is frequently mentioned in American media. B) Its ruler Prince Rainier married an American actress. C) It is where many American movies are shot. D) It is a favorite place Americans like to visit. 24. A) Tobacco. B) Potatoes. C) Machinery. D) Clothing. 25. A) European history. B) European geography. C) Small countries in Europe. D) Tourist attractions in Europe. Part Ⅲ Section A Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Directions: In this section, there isa passagewithten blanks.Youarerequired toselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninaword bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before makingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter. PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. The ocean is heating up. That’s the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth’s 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 report 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 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 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 they’re 35 whether the deep-sea warming canceled out warming at the sea’s surface.

I) heights J) indifferent K) levels L) mixed M) picture N) unsure O) voyage A) absorb B) combined C) contribute D) depth E) emissions F) excursion G) explore H) floor Section B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneofthe paragraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived. Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwith a letter. Answer the question by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. The Secret to Raising Smart Kids [A] I first began to investigate the basis of human motivation—and how people persevere after setbacks—as a psychology graduate student at Yale University in the 1960s. Animal experiments by psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania had shown that after repeated failures, 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 effect change—a state they called learned helplessness. [B] People can learn to be helpless, too. Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soon discovered, lay in people’s 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 blame. 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 their 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 learners-helpless 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 helpless ones believe intelligence is a fixed characteristic: you have only a certain amount, and that’s that. I call this a “fixed mind-set(思维模式) .” Mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change. They avoid challenges because challenges make mistakes more likely. The mastery-oriented children, on the other hand, think intelligence is not fixed and can be developed through education and hard work. Such children believe challenges are energizing rather than intimidating ( 令人生畏 ); they offer opportunities to learn. Students with such a growth mind-set were destined (注定) for greater academic success and were quite likely to outperform their counterparts. [E] We validated these expectations in a study in which two other psychologists and I monitored 373 students for two years during the transition to junior high school, when the work gets more difficult and the grading more strict, to determine how their mind-sets might affect their math grades. At the beginning of seventh grade,

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