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1、2016 年 12 月大学英语四级考试真题（第一套） Part I Writing (30 minutes)( 请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听 力考试 ) Directions:For thispart,you areallowed30 minutesto writean essay.Suppose you have two optionsupon graduation:one is totakea jobin a company and theother to go toa graduateschool.You aretomake a choicebetweenthetwo.
2、Writean essay to explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Much controversyhas been arousedabout whetherthestudentsshouldfinda job or starttheirown businessaftergraduation.Takinga look around,we can findthat some graduatesbustlearound jobmar
3、kets,whileothers choose torun a shop on TMall. However, I prefer the former choice. From my perspective, there are good reasons to find a job in the first several years aftertheir graduation.Firstand foremost, ifa graduate intendsto accumulate working experience and learn from the seniors, it is adv
4、isable for him to find a job. It is an undeniable fact that the theoretical knowledge will provide the graduateswiththeabilitytoconsiderthingscomprehensively,however,onlyunder the integration with practice can the rigid knowledge be useful for their future development. Inevitably, doing something sm
5、all is the premise of undertaking something great. Take Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba and taobao, for example. He also findssome jobsbeforeestablishinghisown career,layinga solidfoundation for his later success. Consequently,it isof greatnecessitytofind a jobaftergraduation.I firmly believe that i
6、t will continue to bring about more returns to our life and future. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A - 1 - Directions: 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 report and the questions
7、 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 have just heard. 1. A)
8、It was going to be renovated. B) He could no longer pay the rent. C) It was dangerous to live in. D) He had sold it to the royal family. 【答案】 C 2. A) A storm. B) A strike. C) A forest fire. D) A terrorist attack. 【答案】 A Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3.A) They lo
9、st contact with the emergency department. B) They were injured by suddenly falling rocks. C) They sent calls for help via a portable radio. D) They were trapped in an underground elevator. 【答案】 D 4.A) They provided the miners with food and water. B) They sent supplies to keep the miners warm. C) The
10、y released the details of the accident. D) They tried hard to repair the elevator. 【答案】 B Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5.A) Raise postage rates. B) Improve its services. - 2 - C) Close some of its post offices. D) Redesign delivery routes. 【答案】 C 6.A) Closing of
11、fices on holidays. B) Shortening business hours. C) Computerizing mail sorting processes. D) Stopping mail delivery on Saturdays. 【答案】 D 7.A) A lot of controversy will arise. B)Taxpayers will be very pleased. C) Many people will begin to complain. D) Many post office staff will lose their jobs. 【答案】
12、 D 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, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),
13、 B)y C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer 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 lose part of his pay. B) He will go through retraining. C) He will be given a warning. D) He will be kept from
14、 promotion. 【答案】 A 9.A) He is an experienced press operator. B) He is a trustworthy guy. C) He is always on time. D) He is on good terms with his workmates. 【答案】 B - 3 - 10.A) She is a trade union representative. B) She is a senior manager of the shop. C) She is better at handling such matters. D) S
15、he is in charge of public relations. 【答案】 C 11.A) He is always trying to stir up trouble. B) He is skilled and experienced. C) He is very close to the manager. D) He is always complaining about low wages. 【答案】 A Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12.A) Open. B) Res
16、erved. C) Selfish. D) Friendly. 【答案】 B 13.A) They read a book. B) They talk about the weather. C) They stay quiet. D) They chat with fellow passengers. 【答案】 C 14.A) She was unwilling to make friends with workmates. B) She was never invited to a colleague s home. C) She was eager to visit an English
17、castle. D) She was always treated as a foreigner. 【答案】 B 15.A) Houses are much more quiet. B) They want to have more space. C) They want a garden of their own. D) Houses provide more privacy. - 4 - 【答案】 D Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage
18、, you will hear three orfour questions.Both the passageand 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. Qu
19、estions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16.A) They will automatically be given hiring priority. B) They don t have to go through job interviews. C) They are likely to get much higher pay. D) They don t have much choice of jobs. 【答案】 A 17.A) Visit the school careers service. B)
20、 Ask their professors for help. C) Look at school bulletin boards. D) Go through campus newspapers. 【答案】 A 18. A) Providing students with information about the library. B)Helping students arrange appointments with librarians. C)Supervising study spaces to ensure a quiet atmosphere. D)Helping student
21、s find the books and journals they need. 【答案】 C Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19.A) It tastes better. B) It may be sold at a higher price. C) It is easier to grow. D) It can better survive extreme weathers. 【答案】 B 20. A) It can grow in drier soil. - 5 - B) It is im
22、mune to various diseases. C) It will replace green tea one day. D) It is healthier than green tea. 【答案】 D 21. A) It does not have a stable market. B) It has made tea farmers life easier. C) It does not bring the promised health benefits. D) It has been well received by many tea drinkers. 【答案】 A Ques
23、tions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22.A) They care more about environment. B)They decorate their homes themselves. C) They prefer unique objects of high quality. D) They need decorations to show their status. 【答案】 C 23. A) They made great contributions to society. B) They c
24、ould only try to create at night. C)They were proud of their creations. D)They focused on the quality of their products. 【答案】 B 24.A) Identify fake crafts. B)Make wise choices. C)To arouse public interest in crafts. D)To boost the local economy. 【答案】 B 25.A) To attract foreign investments. B)To pres
25、erve the traditional culture. C)Design handicrafts themselves. D)Learn the importance of creation. 【答案】 D - 6 - Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choi
26、ces given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified bya 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
27、 in the bank more than once. Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are“ male” and “ female ” brains,believingthat explains just about every differencebetween the sexes. A new study _26_ that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender. In the study
28、, Tel Aviv University researchers _27_ for sex differences throughout the entire human brain. 27._ A) abnormal B) applied C) briefly D) categorizing E) challenges F) figure G) percentage H) proving I) regardless J) searched K) similarities L) slightly M) suggests N) tastes O) traditional - 7 - And w
29、hat did they find? Not much. Rather than offer evidence for _28_ brains as “ male ” or“ female,” researchshows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle. 28._ A) abnormal B) applied C) briefly D) categorizing E) challenges F) figure G) percentage H) proving I)
30、regardless J) searched K) similarities L) slightly M) suggests N) tastes O) traditional Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based _29_ , many different types of brain can t always be distinguished by gender. 29._ A) abnormal B) applied C) briefly
31、D) categorizing E) challenges F) figure G) percentage - 8 - H) proving I) regardless J) searched K) similarities L) slightly M) suggests N) tastes O) traditional While the “average ” male and “ average ” female brains were _30_ different, you couldn t tell it by looking at individual brain scans. On
32、ly a small _31_ of people had“ all-male” or“ all-female” characteristics. 30._ 31._ A) abnormal B) applied C) briefly D) categorizing E) challenges F) figure G) percentage H) proving I) regardless J) searched K) similarities L) slightly M) suggests N) tastes O) traditional Larry Cahill, an American
33、neuroscientist (神经科学家), said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning _32_ beliefs about - 9 - gender and brain function.But he cautioned against concluding from this studythat all brains are the same, _33_ of gender. 32._ 33._ A) abnormal B) applied C) briefly D)
34、 categorizing E) challenges F) figure G) percentage H) proving I) regardless J) searched K) similarities L) slightly M) suggests N) tastes O) traditional “ There s a mountain of evidence _34_ the importance of sex influences atall levels of brain function, M he told The Seattle Times. 34._ A) abnorm
35、al B) applied C) briefly D) categorizing E) challenges F) figure G) percentage H) proving -10- I) regardless J) searched K) similarities L) slightly M) suggests N) tastes O) traditional If anything, he said, the study _35_ that gender plays a very importantrole in the brain“ even when we are not cle
36、ar exactly how.” 35._ A) abnormal B) applied C) briefly D) categorizing E) challenges F) figure G) percentage H) proving I) regardless J) searched K) similarities L) slightly M) suggests N) tastes O) traditional Section B Directions:In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statement
37、s attached to it. Each statement contains informationgiven in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a -11- paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answe
38、r Sheet 2. Can Burglars Jam Your Wireless Security System? A)Any product that promises to protect your home deserves carefulexamination. So itisntsurprisingthatyou llfindplentyof strongopinionsaboutthepotential vulnerabilities of popular home-security systems. B)The most likelytypeof burglary(入室盗窃 )
39、by faristhe unsophisticatedcrime of opportunity, usually involving a broken window or some forced entry. According to the FBI, crimes like these accounted for roughly two-thirds of all household burglaries in the US in 2013. The wide majority of the rest were illegal, unforced entries that resulted
40、from something like a window being left open. The odds of criminal using technical means to bypass a security system are so small that the FBI doesn t even track those statistics. C)One of themain theoreticalhome-securityconcernsiswhetheror nota given system is vulnerable to being blocked from worki
41、ng altogether. With wired setups, the fear is that a burglar(入室盗贼 )might be able to shut your system down simply by cuttingthe right cable.Witha wirelesssetup,you stickbattery-poweredsensors up around your home that keep an eye on windows, doors, motion, and more. If they detectsomethingwrong whilet
42、hesystem is armed, they lltransmita wirelessalert signalto a base stationthatwillthen raisethe alarm.Thatapproachwilleliminate most cord-cuttingconcerns butwhat abouttheirwirelessequivalent,jamming? With the rightdevicetunedto the rightfrequency,what s tostopa thieffromjamming your setup and blockin
43、g that alert signal from ever reaching the base station? D)Jamming concernsare nothingnew, and they re not uniquetosecuritysystems. Any device that s built to receive a wireless signal at a specific frequency can be overwhelmed by a strongersignalcoming inon the same frequency.Forcomparison, let s s
44、ay you wanted to“ jam ” aconversationbetweentwo people allyou d need to do is yell in the listener s ear. E)Security devices are required to list the frequencies they broadcast on that means that a potential thief can find what they need to know with minimal -12- Googling. They will,however,need to
45、know what system they re lookingfor. Ifyou have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that d point them in the right direction, though at that point, we re talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the majority of bu
46、rglaries.It s easierto find and acquirejamming equipmentfor some frequencies than it is for others. F)Wireless security providers will often take steps to help combat thethreat of jamming attacks.SimpliSafe,winner ofour Editors Choicedistinction,utilizes a special system that s capable of separating
47、 incidental RF interference from targetedjammingattacks.When the system thinksit s being jammed, it llnotify you viapush alert( 推送警报 ).From there,it s up toyou tosound the alarm manually. G)SimpliSafe was singled out in one recent article on jamming, complete with a videoshowingthe entiresystembeing
48、effectivelybypassed withhandheldjamming equipment. After taking appropriate measure to contain the RF interference to our test lab, we tested the attack out for ourselves, and were able to verify that it is possible with the right equipment. However, we also verified that SimpliSafe s anti-jammingsy
49、stem works. Itcaught us intheact,sent an alertto my smartphone, and alsolistedour RF interferenceon thesystem s eventlog. The team behind the article and video in question make no mention of the system, or whether or not it detected them. H) We like the unique nature of that software. It means that a thief likely wouldn t be able to Google how the system works, then figure out a way around it Even if they could, SimpliSafeclaims that its system is always evolving, and that it vari