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2017
年大学英语四级
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Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
1.
A) See a doctor.
B) Stay in bed for a few days.
C) Get treatment in a better hospital.
D) Make a phone call to the doctor.
2.
A) The 2:00 train will arrive earlier.
B) The 2:30 train has a dining car.
C) The woman prefers to take the 2:30 train.
D) they are gong to have some fast food on the train
3.
A) She has been longing to attend Harvard University.
B) She
’
ll consider the man
’
s suggestion carefully.
C) She has finished her project with Dr. Garcia
’
s help.
D) She
’
ll consult Dr. Garcia about entering graduate school.
4.
A) Alice didn
’
t seem to be nervous during her speech.
B) Alice needs more training in making public speeches.
C) The man can hardly understand Alice
’
s presentation.
D) The man didn
’
t think highly of Alice
’
s presentation.
5.
A) It
’
s worse than 30 years ago.
B) It remains almost the same as before.
C) There are more extremes in the weather.
D) There has been a significant rise in temperature.
6.
A) At a publishing house.
B) At a bookstore.
C) In a reading room.
D) In Prof. Jordan
’
s office.
7.
A) The man can stay in her brother
’
s apartment.
B) Her brother can help the man find a cheaper hotel.


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C) Her brother can find an apartment for the man.
D) The man should have booked a less expensive hotel.
8.
A) Priority should be given to listening.
B) It
’
s most helpful to read English newspapers every day.
C) It
’
s more effective to combine listening with reading.
D) Reading should come before listening.
9.
A) It can help solve complex problems.
B) It will most likely prove ineffective.
C) It is a new weapon against terrorists.
D) It will help detect all kinds of liars.
10.
A) Help the company recruit graduate students.
B) Visit the electronics company next week.
C) Get apart-time job on campus before graduation.
D) Apply for a job in the electronics company.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11.
A) It ha been proven to be the best pain-killer.
B) It is a possible cure for heart disease.
C) It can help lower high body temperature effectively.
D) It reduces the chance of death for heart surgery patients.
12.
A) It keeps blood vessels from being blocked.
B) It speeds up their recovery after surgery.
C) It in creases the blood flow to the heart.
D) It adjusts their blood pressure.
13.
A) It is harmful to heart surgery patients with stomach bleeding.
B) It should not be taken by heart surgery patients before the operation.
C) It will have considerable side effects if taken in large doses.
D) It should not be given to patients immediately after the operation.
Passage Two


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Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14.
A) They strongly believe in family rules.
B) They are very likely to succeed in life.
C) They tend to take responsibility for themselves.
D) They are in the habit of obeying their parents.
15.
A) They grow up to be funny and charming.
B) They often have a poor sense of direction.
C) They get less attention from their parents.
D) They tend to be smart and strong-willed.
16.
A) They usually don
’
t follow family rules.
B) They don
’
t like to take chances in their lives.
C) They are less likely to be successful in life.
D) They tend to believe in their parent
’
s ideas.
Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17.
A) They wanted to follow his example.
B) They fully supported his undertaking.
C) They were puzzled by his decision.
D) They were afraid he wasn
’
t fully prepared.
18.
A) It is more exciting than space travel.
B) It is much cheaper than space travel.
C) It is much safer than space travel.
D) It is less time- consuming than space travel.
19.
A) They both attract scientists
’
attention.
B) They can both be quite challenging.
C) They are both thought-provoking.
D) They may both lead to surprising findings.
20.
A) To show how simple the mechanical aids for diving can be.
B) To provide an excuse for his changeable character.
C) To explore the philosophical issues of space travel.


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D) To explain why he took up underwater exploration.
Part II Reading comprehension (35 minutes)
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Just five one-hundredths of an inch thick, light golden in color and with a
perfect
―saddle curl,‖ the Lay’
s potato chip seems an unlikely weapon for global domination. But
its
maker.
Frito-
Lay.
Thinks
otherwise.
―Potato
chips
are
a
snack
food
for
the
world,‖
said Salman Amin, the company
’
s head of global marketing. Amin believes there is no
corner of the world that can resist the charms of a Frito- Lay potato chip.
Frito-Lay is the biggest snack maker in America, owned by PepsiCo. And accounts
for over half of the parent company
’
s $$3 billion annual profits. But the U.S. snack food
market is largely saturated, and to grow, the company has to look overseas.
Its strategy rests on two beliefs: first a global product offers economies of scale with
which
local
brands
cannot
compete.
And
second,
consumers
in
the
21st
century
are
drawn to
―global‖
as a concept.
―Global‖ does not
mean products
that are consciously
identified as American, but ones than consumes-especially young people-see as part of a
modem,
innovative
(
创新的
) world in which people are linked across cultures by shared
beliefs and tastes. Potato chips are an American invention, but most Chinese, for instance,
do
not
know
than
Frito-Lay
is
an
American
company.
Instead,
Riskey,
the
company
’
s
research and development head, would hope they associate the brand with the new world
of global communications and business.
With brand perception a crucial factor, Riskey ordered a redesign of the Frito- Lay

logo
(
标识
).
The
logo,
along
with
the
company
’
s
long-held
marketing
image
of
the
―irresistibility‖ of its chips
, would help facilitate the company
’
s global expansion.
The executives acknowledge that they try to swing national eating habits to a food
created in America, but they deny that amounts to economic imperialism. Rater, they see
Frito-
Lay
as
spreading
the benefits
of free enterprise across the world.
―We’
re making
products in those countries, we
’
re adapting them to the tastes of those countries, building
businesses and employing people and changing lives,‖ said Stev
e Reinemund, PepsiCo
’
s
chief executive.
21.
It is the belief of Frito-Lay
’
s head of global marking that ________.
A) potato chips can hardly be used as a weapon to dominate the world market
B) their company must find new ways to promote domestic sales
C) the light golden color enhances the charm of their company
’
s potato chips
D) people the world over enjoy eating their company
’
s potato chips
22.
What do we learn about Frito-Lay from Paragraph 2?
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B) Its expansion has caused fierce competition in the snack marker.
C) It gives half of its annual profits to its parent company.
D) It needs to turn to the word market for development.
23.
One of the assumptions on which Frito-Lay bases its development strategy is that
________.
A) consumers worldwide today are attracted by global brands
B) local brands cannot compete successfully with American brands
C) products suiting Chinese consumers
’
needs bring more profits
D) products identified as American will have promising market value
24.
Why did Riskey have the Frito-Lay logo redesigned?
A) To suit changing tastes of young consumers.
B) To promote the company
’
s strategy of globalization.
C) To change the company
’
s long-held marketing image.
D) To compete with other American chip producers.
25.
Frito- Lay
’
s
executives
claim
that
the
promoting
of
American
food
in
the
international market ________.
A) won
’
t affect the eating habits of the local people
B) will lead to economic imperialism
C) will be in the interest of the local people
D) won
’
t spoil the taste of their chips
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
In
communities
north
of
Denver,
residents
are
pitching
in
to
help
teachers
and
administrators as the Vrain school District tries to solve a $$13.8 million budget shortage
blamed on mismanagement.
―We’
re worried about
our teachers and principals,
and we
really don
’t want to lose them because of this,‖ one parent sail. ―If we can help ease their
financial burden, we will. ―

Teachers are grateful, but know it may be years before the district is
solvent
(
有综合
能力的
). They feel really good about the parent support, but they realize it
’
s impossible
for then to solve this problem.
The 22,000-
student district discovered the shortage last month. ―It’
s extraordinary.
Nobody
would
have
imagined
something
happening
l
ike
this
at
this
level,‖
said
State
Treasurer Mike Coffman.
Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emergency plan freeing yp
a $$9.8 million loan that enabled the
payroll
(
工资单
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staff in time for the holidays.
District
officials
also
took
$$1.7
million
from
student-activity
accounts
its
38
schools.
At
Coffman
’
s
request,
the
District
Attorney
has
begun
investigating
the
district
’
s
finances.
Coffman
says
he
wants
to
know
whether
district
officials
hid
the
budget
shortage until after the November election, when voters approved a $$212 million bond
issue for schools.
In Frederick, students
’
parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for
groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.
Some $$36,000 has been raised in donations from Safeway. A Chevrolet dealership
donated $$10,000 and forgave the district
’
s $$10,750 bill for renting the driver educating
cars. IBM contributed 4,500 packs of paper.
―We employ thousands of people in this community,‖ said Mitch Carson, a hospital
chief
executive,
who
helped
raise
funds.
―We
have
children
in
the
school,
and
we
see
how they could be affected.‖

At
Creek
High
School,
three
students
started
a
website
that
displays
newspaper
articles,
district
information
and
an
email

forum
(
论坛
)
。

―Rumors
about
what’
s
happening to
the district are moving at lighting
speed,‖ said
a student.
―We wanted to
know the truth, and spread that around instead.‖

26.
What has happened to the Vrain School District?
A) A huge financial problem has arisen.
B) Many schools there are mismanaged.
C) Lots of teachers in the district are planning to quit.
D) Many administrative personnel have been laid off.
27.
How did the residents in the Vrain School District respond to the budget shortage?
A) They felt somewhat helpless about it.
B) They accused those responsible for it.
C) They pooled their efforts to help solve it.
D) They demanded a through investigation.
28.
In
the
view
of
State
Treasurer
Mike
Coffman,
the
educational
budget
shortage
is
________.
A) unavoidable
B) unthinkable
C) insolvable
D) irreversible
29.
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A) To see if there was a deliberate cover-up of the problem.
B) To find out the extent of the consequences of the case.
C) To make sure that the school principals were innocent.
D) To stop the voters approving the $$212 million bong issue.
30.
Three high school students started a website in order to ________.
A) attract greater public attention to their needs
B) appeal to the public for contributions and donations
C) expose officials who neglected their duties
D) keep people properly informed of the crisis
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
―Humans should not try to avoid str
ess any more than they would shun food, love or
exercise.‖ Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the
body. While here
’
s on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest
that challenging situations in which you
’
re able to rise to the occasion can be good for
you.
In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands
but coped with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health than those
who
felt
they
stress
that
you
can
manage
also
boost

immune
(
免疫的
)
function.
In
a
study
at
the
Academic
Center
for
Dentistry
in
Amsterdam,
researchers
put
volunteers
through two stressful experiences. In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a
list
followed
by
a
short
test,
subjects
through
a

gory
(
血淋淋的
)
video
on
surgical
procedures.
Those
who
did
well
on
the
memory
test
had
an
increase
in
levels
of
immunoglobulin A, an antibody that
’
s the body
’
s first line of defense against germs. The
video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody.
Stress
prompts
the
body
to
produce
certain
stress
hormones.
In
short
bursts
these
hormones have a positive effect, including improved memory function. ―They can help
nerve
cells
handle
information
and
put
it
into
storage,‖
says
Dr.
Bruce
McEwen
of
Rockefeller
University
in
New
York.
But
in
the
long
run
these
hormones
can
have
a
harmful effect on the body and brain.
―Sustained
stress
is
not
good
for
you,‖
says
Richard
Morimoto,
a
researcher
at
Northwestern University in
Illinois studying the effects of stress on longevity,
―It’
s the
occasional burst of stress or brief exposure to stress that could be protective.‖

31.
The passage is mainly about ________.
A) the benefits of manageable stress
B) stay away from
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D) put up with
32.
The word ―shun‖
(Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means ________.
A) cut down on
B) stay away from
C) run out of
D) put up with
33.
We can conclude from the study of the 158 nurses in 2001 that ________.
A) people under stress tend to have a poor memory
B) people who can
’
t get their job done experience more stress
C) doing challenging work may be good for one
’
s health
D) stress will weaken the body
’
s defense against germs
34.
In
the
experiment
described
in
Paragraph
3,
the
video-watchers
experienced
a
downturn in the antibody because ________.
A) the video was not enjoyable at all
B) the outcome was beyond their control
C) they knew little about surgical procedures
D) they felt no pressure while watching the video
35.
Dr. Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University believes that ________.
A) a person
’
s memory is determined by the level of hormones in his body
B) stress hormones have lasting positive effects on the brain
C) short bursts of stress hormones enhance memory function
D) a person
’
s memory improves with continued experience of stress
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it
yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.
If
you say to
your
children ―I’
m sorry I got angry with
you, but ...
‖ what follows
that
―but‖
can
render
the
apology
ineffective:
―I
had
a
bad
day‖
or
―your
noise
was
giving me a headache‖ leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be
apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology.
Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to
say ―I’
m sorry
you
’re upset‖; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing
yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.
Then
there
is
the
general,
all
covering
apology,
which
avoids
the
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identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person
who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying ―I’
m useless as
a parent‖
does not commit a person to any specific improvement.
These
pseudo- apologies
are
used
by
people
who
believe
saying
sorry
shows
weakness, Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of
strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies.
But
even
when
presented
with
examples
of
genuine
contrition,
children
still
need
help to become a ware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need
help
in
understanding
that
other
children
feel
pain
just
as
he
does,
and
that
hitting
a
playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need
reminding
that
spoiling
other
children
’
s
expectations
can
require
an
apology.
A
12-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission
is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent
’
s clothes without permission is not.
36.
If a mother
adds ―but‖ to an apology, ________.

A) she doesn
’
t feel that she should have apologized
B) she does not realize that the child has been hurt
C) the child may find the apology easier to accept
D) the child may feel that he owes her an apology
37.
Accordi
ng
to
the
author,
saying
―I’
m
sorry
you
’re
upset‖
most
probably
means

―________‖
.
A) You have good reason to get upset
B) I
’
m aware you
’
re upset, but I
’
m not to blame
C) I apologize for hurting your feelings
D) I
’
m at fault for making you upset
38.
It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because ________.
A) it gets one into the habit of making empty promises
B) it may make the other person feel guilty
C) it is vague and ineffective
D) it is hurtful and insulting
39.
We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry ________.
A) the complexities involved should be ignored
B) their ages should be taken into account
C) parents need to set them a good example
D) parents should be patient and tolerant
40.
It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is ________.