2021年12月英语四级真题及答案第三套.pdf
20212021 年年 1212 月英语四级真题及答案第三套月英语四级真题及答案第三套Part I Writing (30 minutes.)Part I Writing (30 minutes.)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay abouta classmate of yours who has influenced you most in college.You should state thereasons and write at least 120 words but no more.than 180 words.注意：此局部试题请在答题卡1 上作答。Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 longconversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be askedabout what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken onlyonce.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must readthe four choices marked A.,B.,C.and D.,and decide which is the best answer.Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此局部试题请在答题卡1 上作答。1.A.Give his ankle a good rest.B.Treat his injury immediately.C.Continue his regular activities.D.Be careful when climbing steps.2.A.On a train.B.On a plane.C.In a theater.D.In a restaurant.3.A.A tragic accident.B.A sad occasion.C.Smiths unusual life story.D.Smiths sleeping problem.4.A.Review the details of all her lessons.、B.Compare notes with his classmates.C.Talk with her about his learning problems,D.Focus on the main points of her lectures.5.A.The man blamed the woman for being careless.B.The man misunderstood the womans apology.C.The woman offered to pay for the mans coffee.D.The woman spilt coffee on the mans jacket.6.A.Extremely tedious.B.Hard to understand.C.Lacking a good plot.D.Not worth seeing twice.7.A.Attending every lecture.B.Doing lots of homework.C.Reading very exteusively.D.Using test-taking strategies.8.A.The digital TV system will offer different programs.B.He is eager to see what the new system is like.C.He thinks it unrealistic to have 500 channels.D.The new TV system may not provide anything better.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A.A notice by the electricity board.B.Ads promoting electric appliances.C.The description of a thief in disguise.D.A new policy on pensioners welfare.10.A.Speaking with a proper accent.B.Wearing an official uniform.C.Making friends with them.D.Showing them his ID.11.A.To be on the alert when being followed.B.Not to leave senior citizens alone at home.C.Not to let anyone in without an appointment.D.To watch out for those from the electricity board.12.A.She was robbed near the parking lot.B.All her money in the bank disappeared.C.The pension she had just drawn was stolen.D.She was knocked down in the post office.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13.A.Marketing consultancy.B.Professional accountancy.C.Luxury hotel management.D.Business conference organization.14.A.Having a good knowledge of its customs.B.Knowing some key people in tourism.C.Having been to the country before.D.Being able to speak Japanese.15.A.It will bring her potential into full play.B.It will involve lots of train travel.C.It will enable her to improve her Chinese.D.It will give her more chances to visit Japan.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of eachpassage,you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions will bespoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer fromthe four choices marked A.,B.,C.and D.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through thecentre.注意：此局部试题请在答题卡1 上作答。Passage OneQuestions l6 t018 are based on the passage you have just heard16A.The lack of timeB.The quality of lifeC.The frustrations at workD.The pressure on worldng families17A.They were just as busy as people of todayB.They saw the importance of conecfive effortsC.They didnt complain as much as modem mailD.They lived a hard life by hunting and gatherin918A.To look for creative ideas of awarding employeesB.To explore strategies for lowering production costsC.To seek new approaches to dealing with complaintsD.To fmd effective ways to give employees flexibilityPassage TwoQuestions l9 t021 are based on the passage you have just heard19A.Family violenceB.The Great DepressionC.Her fathers disloyaltyD.Her motherS bad temper20A.His advanced age C.His improved financial conditionB.His childrenS effortsD.His second wifes positive influence21ALove is blind B.Love breeds loveC.Divorce often has disastrous consequencesD.Happiness is hard to fmd in blended familiesPassage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A.It was located in a park.B.Its owner died of a heart attack.C.It went bankrupt all of a sudden.D.Its potted plants were for lease only.23.A.Planting some trees in the greenhouse.B.Writing a want ad to a local newspaper.C.Putting up a Going Out of Business sign.D.Helping a customer select some purchases.24.A.Opening an office in the new office park.B.Keeping better relations with her company.C.Developing fresh business opportunities.D.Building a big greenhouse of his own.25.A.Owning the greenhouse one day.B.Securing a job at the office park.C.Cultivating more potted plants.D.Finding customers out of town.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passageis read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.V/henthe passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks withthe exact words you have just heard.Finally,when the passage is read for the thirdtime,you should check what you have written.注意：此局部试题请在答题卡1 上作答。Were now witnessing the emergence of an advanced economy based on information andknowledge.Physical labor,raw materials,and capital are no longer the key(26._in the creation of wealth.Now,the(27._raw material in oureconomy is knowledge.Tomorrows wealth depends on the developmentand exchange of knowledge.And(28._entering the workforceoffer their knowledge,not their muscles.Knowledge workers get paid for theireducation and their ability to learn.Knowledge workers(29._mind work.They deal with symbols:words,figures,and data.What does all this mean for you?As a future knowledge worker,you can expect tobe(30._,processing,as well as exchanging information.(31._three out of four jobs involve some form of mind work,and that numberwill increase sharply in the future.Management and employees alike will bemalting decisions in such areas as(32._ development,qualitycontrol,and customer satisfaction.In the new world of work,you can look forward to being in constant training to acquirenew skills that will help you(33._ improved technologies and procedures.You can also expect to be taking greater control Of your career.Gone are thenine-to-five jobs,lifetime security,predictable promotions,and even the(34._ workplace,as you are familiar with.Dontexpect the companies will(35._ a clearly-defined career path.And dont wait for,someone to empoweryou.You have to empower yourseff.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes.)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are requiredto select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank followingthe passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Eachchoice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letterfor each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may notuse any of the wordsin the bank more than once.Questions 36to 45 are based on thefollowing passage.One principle of taxation,called the benefits principle,states that people shouldpay taxes based on the benefits they receive from government services.This principletries to make public goods similar to 36 goods.It seems reasonable that a personwho often goes to the movies pays more in 37 for movie tickets than a personwho rarely goes.And 38 ,a person who gets great benefit from a public goodshould pay more for it than a person who gets little benefit.The gasoline tax,for instance,is sometimes 39 using the benefits principle.In some states,40 from the gasoline tax are used to build and maintain roads.Because those who buy gasoline are the same people who use the roads,the gasolinetax might be viewed as a 41 way to pay for this government service.The benefits principle can also be used to argue that wealthy citizens should payhigher taxes than poorer ones,42 because the wealthy benefit more from publicservices.Consider,for example,the benefits of police protection from 43 .Citizens with much to protect get greater benefit from police than those withless to protect.Therefore,according to the benefits principle,thewealthy should 44 more than the poor to the cost of 45 the police force.The same argument can be used for many other public services,such as fire protection,national defense,and the court system.注意：此局部试题请在答题卡2 上作答。A.adaptB.contributeC.exertingD.expensesE.fairF.justifiedG.maintainingH.privateI.providedJ.revenuesK.similarlyL.simplyM.theftN.totalO.wealthSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statementsattached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose aparagraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer thequestions by marking the coresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Grow up ColoredA You wouldnt know Piedmont anymoremy Piedmont,I meanthe town in WestVirginia where I learned to be a colored boy.B The 1950s in Piedmont was a time to remember,or at least to me.People werealways proud to be from Piedmont lying at the foot of a mountain,on the banks ofthe mighty Potomac.We knew God gave America no more beautiful location.I neverknew colored people anywhere who were crazier about mountains and water,flowersand trees,fishing and hunting.For as long as anyone could remember,we could outhunt,outshoot,and outswim the white boys in the valley.C The social structure of Piedmont was something we knew like the back of our hands.It was animmigrant town;white Piedmont was Italian and Irish,with a handful ofwealthy WASPs.on East Hampshire Street,and ethnic neighborhoods ofworking-class peopleeverywhere else,colored and white.D For as long as anyone can remember,Piedmonts character has been completelybound up with theWestvaco paper mill:its prosperous past and doubtful future.Atfirst glance,the town is a typical dying mill center.Many once beautiful buildingsstand empty,evidencing a bygone time of spirit and pride.The big houses on EastHampshire Street are no longer proud,as they were when I was a kid.E Like the Italians and the Irish,most of the colored people migrated to Piedmontat the turn of the 20th century to work at the paper mill,which opened in 1888.All the colored men atthe paper mill worked onthe platformloading paper intotrucks until the craft unions were finally integrated in 1968.Loading is what Daddydid every working day of his life.Thats what almost every colored grown-up I knewdid.F Colored people lived in three neighborhoods that were clearly separated.Welcometo the ColoredZone,a large stretched banner could have said.And it felt good inthere,like walking around your house in bare feet and underwear,or snoring(打鼾.right out loud on the couch in front of the TV enveloped by the comforts ofhome,the warmth of those you love.G Of course,the colored world was not so much a neighborhood as a condition ofexistence.And though our own world was seemingly self-contained,it impacted onthe white world of Piedmont in almost every direction.Certainly,the borders ofour world seemed to be impacted on when some white man or woman showed up where heor she did not belong,such as at the black Legion Hail.Our space was violated whenone of them showed up at a dance or a party.The rhythms would be off.The musicwould sound not quite right.Everybody would leave early.HI Before 1955,most white people were just shadowy presences in our world,vaguefigures of power like remote bosses at the mill or clerks at the bank.There wereexceptions,of course,the white people who would come into our world in routine,everyday ways we all understood.Mr.Mail Man,Mr.Insurance Man,Mr.White-and-Chocolate Milk Man,Mr.Landlord Man,Mr.Police Man:we called whitepeople by their trade,like characters in a mystery play.Mr.Insurance Man wouldcome by every other week to collect payments on college or death policies,sometimes50 cents or less.I Its no disgrace to be colored,the black entertainer Bert Williams famouslyobserved early in the century,but it is awfully inconvenient.For most of mychildhood,we couldnt eat in restaurants or sleep in hotels,we couldnt use certainbathrooms or try on clothes in stores.Mama insisted that we dress up when we wentto shop.She was carefully dressed when she went to clothing stores,and wore whitepads called shields under her arms so her dress or blouse would show no sweat.Wedlike to try this on,shed say carefully,uttering her words precisely and properly.We dont buy clothes we cant try on,shed say when they declined,and wed walkout in Mamas dignified (有尊严的)manner.She preferred to shop where we had anaccount and where everyone knew who she was.J At the Cut-Rate Drug Store,no one colored was allowed to sit down at the counteror tables,with one exception:my father.I dont know for certain why Carl Dadisman,the owner,wouldnt stop Daddy from sitting down.But I believe it was in part becauseDaddy was so light-colored,and in part because,during his shift at the phone company,he picked up orders for food and coffee for the operators.Colored people weresupposed to stand at the counter,get their food to go,and leave.Even when YoungDoc Bess would set up the basketball team with free Cokes after one of many victories,the colored players had to stand around and drink out of paper cups while the whiteplayers and cheerleaders sat down in comfortable chairs and drank out of glasses.K I couldnt have been much older than five or six as I sat with my father at theCut-Rate one afternoon,enjoying ice cream.Mr.Wilson,a stony-faced Irishman,walked by.Hello,Mr.Wilson,my father said.Hello,George.L I was genuinely puzzled.Mr.Wilson must have confused my father with somebodyelse,but who?There werent any Georges among the colored people in Piedmont.Whydont you tell him your name,Daddy?I asked loudly.Your name isnt George.He knows my name,boy,my father said after a long pause.He calls all coloredpeople George.M I knew we wouldnt talk about it again;even at that age,I was given to understandthat there were some subjects it didnt do to worry to death about.Now that I havechildren,I realize that what distressed my father wasnt so much the Mr.Wilsonsof the world as the painful obligation to explain the racial facts of life to someonewho hadnt quite learned them yet.Maybe Mr.Wilson couldnt hurt my father by callinghim George;but I hurt him by asking to know why.注意：此局部试题请在答题卡2 上作答。46.The author felt as
