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1、WORD格式2021 年四级，英语四级试卷答案全套Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part ，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essayonthe importance of writing ability and how to develop it. You should writeat least 120 words but no more than180 words.【参考 X 文】No body could deny that writing is one of the

2、 basic abilities for men. Put itanother way, it is unlikely to imagine human civilization without writing ability.At the top of the list, if we overlook the significance of writing ability, we willsuffer a great difficulty in our daily written communication. In addition towhat has been mentioned abo

3、ve, it is advisable for us to attach importancetothis abilitybecause writing plays a key in our academic performance. Tosummarize,writing does carry a positive implication for our life and study.In view of the great value of writing ability, we should take actions to developthis capability. For my p

4、art, initially, we are supposed to keep in mind thatreading is the first step of writing, so we should read great books as many aspossible, learning from the great works how to write concisely and effectively.Moreover, owing to the fact that practice makes perfect, we should frequentlypractice writi

5、ng; for example, we may develop the habit of keeping a diary.Part Listening Comprehension ( 25 minutes)SectionADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of eachnews report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and thenquestions will be spoken onl

6、y once. After you hear a question, you must choosethe best answer from the four choices marked A， B), C) and D).Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions l and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.Questions 3 and 4 are based on

7、the news report you have just heard.专业资料整理WORD格式Questions 5to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations. At the end ofeach conversation, you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and thequestions will be spoke

8、n only once.After you hear a question,you must choosethe best answer from the four choices marked A，B， C)and D). Then markthe corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through thecentre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 12 to 15 are based o

9、n the conversation you have just heard.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages.At the end of eachpassage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questionswill be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the f

10、our choices marked A), B), C) and DThen mark thecorresponding 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.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you

11、 have just heard.【参考答案】暂缺Part 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 bankfollowing the passage.Read the passage through carefully before makin

12、g yourchoices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark thecorresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line throughthe centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once专业资料整理WORD格式Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Sin

13、ce the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things arenot as bad as they once were but, according to the American Lung Association,Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels of 26 . Gazingdown on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa

14、 MonicaMountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze(霾). Nor is the state s had air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the central valley,comes top of the list in America for year- round pollution. Residents hearts and lungsare affected as a 28 .All of which, combined with Cal

15、ifornia s reputation as the home of technological29 , makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed tomonitor pollution in 30 . And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in SanFrancisco, has been doing over the past few months. It has been trying outmonitoring that are 31 to yield

16、 minute-to-minute maps of 32 air pollution. Suchstations will also be able to keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings,including offices.To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Google s Street View system. DavidaHerzl, Aclima s boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days whenSan Fran

17、cisco s transit workers went on strike and the city s 34 were forced touse their cars. Conversely,“ cycle to workdays have done their job by 35pollution lows.A) assistedB) collaboratingC) consequenceD) consumersE) creatingF) detailG) domesticH) frequentlyI) inhabitants专业资料整理WORD格式J) innovationK) int

18、endedL) outdoorM) pollutantsN) restrictedO) Sum【参考答案】26. M pollutants .27. N restricted .28. C consequence .29. J innovation .30. F detail .31. K intended .32. L outdoor .33. B collaborating .34. I inhabitants .35. E creating.Section BDirections : In this section, you are going to read a passage wit

19、h ten statementsattached to 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专业资料整理WORD格式letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding

20、letter onAnswer Sheet 2.【参考答案】36-40 KDMGB41-45 LHFJCSection CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed bysome questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are fourchoices marked A), B) , C) and D). You should decide on the best choice andmark the corres

21、ponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long-lasting positive impact onpeoples mental well-being, a study has suggested. UK researchers found moving toa gree

22、n space had a sustained positive effect, unlike pay rises or promotions, whichonly provided a short-term boost. Co-author Mathew White, from the EuropeanCentre for Environment and Human Health at the University of Exeter, UK, explainedthat the study showed people living in greener urban areas were d

23、isplaying fewersigns of depression or anxiety. There could be a number of reasons, he said,“ for example, people do many things to make themselves happier: they strive forpromotion or pay rises, or they get married.But the trouble with all those things is that within six months to a year, peopleare

24、back to their original baseline levels of well-being. So, these things are notsustainable; they don t make us happy in the long term. We found that for somelottery 彩票 winners who had won more than500,000 the positive effect wasdefinitely there, but after six months to a year, they were back to the b

25、aseline.Dr.White said his team wanted to see whether living in greener urban areas had a lastingpositive effect on peoples sense of well-being or whetherthe effect also disappeared after a period of time. To do this, the team useddata from the British Household Panel Survey compiled by the Universit

26、y ofEssex.Explaining what the data revealed, he said: What you see is that evenafter three years, mental health is still better, which is unlike many of the otherthings that we think will make us happy. He observed that people living in专业资料整理WORD格式green spaces were less stressed, and less stressed p

27、eople mademore sensible decisions and communicated better.With a growing body of evidence establishing a link between urban greenspaces and a positive impact on human well-being, Dr. White said,growing interest among public policy officials, but the trouble is who funds it.What we really need at a p

28、olicy level is to decide where the money will comefrom to help support good quality local green spaces.“ There s46. According to one study, what do green spaces do to people?A) Improvetheir work efficiency.B) Add to their sustained happiness.C) Help them builda positive attitude towards life.D) Less

29、en their concerns about materialwell-being.47. What does Dr. White say people usually do to make themselveshappier?A) Earn more money.B) Gain fame and popularity.C) Settle in anurban area.D) Live in a green environment.48. What does Dr. White try to findout about living in a greener urban area?A) Ho

30、w it affects different people.B)How strong its effect is.C) How long its positive effect lasts.D) How it benefitsphysically49. What did Dr. White research reveal about people living in a greenenvironment?A) Their stress was more apparent than real.B) Their decisionsrequired less deliberation.C) Thei

31、r memories were greatly strengthened.D)Their communication with others improved.50. According to Dr. White, whatshould the government do to build more green spaces in cities?A) Findfinancial support.B) Improve urban planning.C) Involve local residents in theeffort.D) Raise public awareness of the is

32、sue.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of threestate-of-the-art (最先进的 )ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic classships were built by the Harland & Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland forthe White St

33、ar Line company. The Olympic class included the Olympic, theBritannic and the Titanic, What you may not know is that the Titanic wasn t even the flagship of thisclass. All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of seaengineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.The Olympic la

34、unched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in 1911, and lastlythe Britannic in 1914. The ships had nine decks,and Whits Star Line decidedto focus on making them the most luxurious ships on the water.专业资料整理WORD格式Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ships were wonders of navaltechnology, and

35、 everyone thought that they would continue to be so for quite专业资料整理WORD格式some time. However, all suffered terrible accidents on the open seas, TheOlympic got wrecked before the Titanic did, but it was the only one to surviveand maintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanic was the first tosi

36、nk after famously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster, theBritannic hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sank as well.Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running byexhausted crews below deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are theship s smoke

37、 stacks, but the fourth stack was actually just artistic in nature andserved no functional purpose. While two of these ships sank, they were alldesigned with double hulls船体believed to make them“ unsinkable, perhapsa mistaken idea that led to the Titanic s and the Britannic s tragic end.The Olympic s

38、uffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as ahospital ship and troop transport in World War. Eventually, she was taken outof service in 1935, ending the era of the luxurious Olympic class ocean liners.51.What does the passage say about the three Olympic class ships?A)They performed

39、marvelously on the sea.B)They could all break the ice in their way.C)They all experienced terrible misfortunes.D)They were models of modern engineering.52.What did White Star Line have in mind when it purchased the three ships?A)Their capacity of sailing across all waters.B)The utmost comfort passen

40、gers could enjoy.C)Their ability to survive disasters of any kind.D)The long voyages they were able to undertake.53.What is said about the fourth stack of the ships?A)It was a mere piece of decoration.专业资料整理WORD格式B)It was the work of a famous artist.C)It was designed to let out extra smoke.D)It was

41、easily identifiable from afar.54.What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic?A)Their unscientific designs.B)Their captains misjudgment.C)The assumption that they were built with the latest technology.D)The belief that they could never sink with a double-layer body.55.What

42、happened to the ship Olympic in the end?A)She was used to carry troops.B)She was converted into a hospital ship.C)She was sunk in World War.D)She was retired after her naval service.【参考答案】46-50 BACDA51-55 CBADDPart IV Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to t

43、ranslate a passagefrom Chinese into English. You should write your answer onAnswer Sheet 2.过去，乘飞机出行对大多数中国人来说是难以想象的。 如今随着经济的开展和生活水平的提高，越来越多的中国人包括许多农民和外出务工人员都能乘飞机出行。他们可以乘飞机到达所有大城市，还有许多城市也在筹建机场。航空效劳不专业资料整理WORD格式断改良，而且经常会有特价机票。 所年来，节假日期间选择飞机外出旅游的人不断增加。【参考译文】In the past, it was unimaginable to travel by

44、plane for most Chinese. With thedevelopment of economy and the improvement of living standards, anincreasing number of Chinese people, including many farmers and migrantworkers, can travel by air. They can fly to all major cities, and we can see lotsof cities are preparing to build airports. Airline

45、 services have been improvedconstantly and discounted tickets are often available. In recent years, there hasbeen an increase in the number of people choosing to travel by air during theholidays.听力原文Part II Listening ComprehensionNews Report OneA Message in a bottle sent out to sea by a New Hampshir

46、e man more than fivedecades ago was found 1,500 miles away and has been returned to his daughter. Thelong lost message was discovered by Clint Buffington of Utah while he was vacationing.Buffington says he found a soda bottle half buried in the sand that looked like it hadbeen there since the beginn

47、ing of time. The note inside the bottles said,“ return to419 Ocean Street and receive a reward of $150 from Richard and Tina Pierce, ownerso f the Beach comber motel. The motel was owned by the parents of Paula Pierce in1960. Her father had written the note as a joke and had thrown it into the Atlan

48、ticOcean. Buffington flew to New Hampshire to deliver the message to Paula Pierce. Sheheld up to herfather s promise giving Buffington that reward, but the biggest reward is themessage in a bottle finding its way back home.Q1. What is the news report mainly about?Q2. Why did Pollard Pearce give Clin

49、t Buffington the reward?News Report TwoMillions of bees have died in South Carolina during aerial insect sprayingoperations that were carried out to combat the Zika virus. The insect sprayingover the weekend left more than 2 million bees dead on the spot in Dorchester专业资料整理WORD格式County South Carolin

50、a, where four travel-related cases of Zika disease have beenconfirmed in the area. Most of the deaths came from flower town bee farm, acompany in Summer-ville that sells bees and honey products, Juanita Stanleywho owns the company said the farm looks like itbeen destroyed, the farmlost about 2.5 mil