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2021年1月26日发(作者：陋室空堂)

2017
年
12
月大学英语四级考试
真题及答案


2017
年
12
月大学英语四级考试真题及答案（第一套）



Part I Writing
（
25 minutes
）



Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a
short easy on how to best


handle the relationship between doctors and patients. You should
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 news reports. At the
end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the
news report 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), 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) Her friend Erika. C) Her grandfather.


B) Her little brother. D) Her grandmother.


2. A) By taking pictures for passers-by. C) By selling lemonade and
pictures.



B) By working part time at a hospital. D) By asking for help on
social media.


Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just
heard.


3. A) Finding cheaper ways of highway construction.


B) Generating electric power for passing vehicles.


C) Providing clean energy to five million people.


D) Testing the efficiency of the new solar panel.


4. A) They can stand the wear and tear of natural elements.


B) They can be laid right on top of existing highways.


C) They are only about half an inch thick.


D) They are made from cheap materials.


Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.


5. A) Endless fighting in the region. C) Inadequate funding for
research.


B) The hazards from the desert. D) The lack of clues about the
species.


6. A) To observe the wildlife in the two national parks.


B) To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance.




C) To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.


D) To find evidence of the existence of the “lost lions”.



7. A) Lions walking. C) Some camping facilities.


B) Lions’ tracks. D) Traps set by local hunters.



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), B), 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) Her ‘lucky birthday’. C) Her wedding anniversary.



B) A call from her dad. D) A special gift from the man.


9. A) Gave her a big model plane. C) Took her on a trip overseas.


B) Bought her a good necklace. D) Threw her a surprise party.


10. A) The gift her husband has bought.


B) The trip her husband has planned.


C) What has been troubling her husband.



D) What her husband and the man are up to.


11. A) He will be glad to be a guide for the couple’s holiday trip.



B) He will tell the women the secret if her husband agrees.


C) He is eager to
learn how the couple’s holiday turns out.



D) He wants to find out about the couple’s holiday plan.



Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.


12. A) They are sensitive to the dynamics of a negotiation.


B) They see the importance of making compromises.


C) They know when to adopt a tough attitude.


D) They take the rival’s attitude into account.



13. A) They know how to adapt. C) They know when to make
compromises.


B) They know when to stop. D) They know how to control their
emotion.


14. A) They are patient. C) They learn quickly.


B) They are good at expression. D) They uphold their principles.


15. A) Make clear one's intentions. C) Formulate one's strategy.


B) Clarify items of negotiation. D) Get to know the other side.



Section C


Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end
of each passage, you will


hear three or four questions. Both the passage 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), B), C), 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) When America's earliest space program started.


B) When the International Space Station was built.


C) How many space shuttle missions there will be.


D) How space research benefits people on Earth.


17. A) They accurately calculated the speed of the orbiting shuttles.


B) They developed objects for astronauts to use in outer space.


C) They tried to meet astronauts' specific requirements.


D) They tried to make best use of the latest technology.



18. A) They are extremely accurate. C) They were first made in
space.


B) They are expensive to make. D) They were invented in the
1970s.


Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.


19. A) It was when her ancestors came to America.


B) People had plenty of land to cultivate then.


C) It marked the beginning of something new.


D) Everything was natural and genuine then.


20. A) They believed in working for goals. C) They had all kinds of
entertainment.


B) They enjoyed living a living a life of ease. D) They were known
to be creative.


21. A) Chatting with her ancestors. C) Polishing all the silver work.


B) Furnishing her country house. D) Doing needlework by the fire.


Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.


22. A) Use a map to identify your location. C) Sit down and try to
calm yourself.


B) Call your family or friends for help. D) Try to follow your
footprints back.



23. A) You may find a way out without your knowing it.


B) You may expose yourself to unexpected dangers.


C) You may get drowned in a sudden flood.


D) You may end up entering a wonderland.


24. A) Look for food. C) Start a fire.


B) Wait patiently. D) Walk uphill.


25. A) Inform somebody of your plan. C) Check the local weather.


B) Prepare enough food and drink. D) Find a map and a compass.


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 choices
given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through
carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is
identified by a 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 in the bank more than once.


A rat or pigeon might not be the obvious choice to tend to someone
who is sick, but these creatures have some 26 skills that could help the
treatment of human diseases.



Pigeons are often seen as dirty birds and an urban 27 , but they are
just the latest in a long line of animals that have been found to have
abilities to help humans. Despite having a brain no bigger than the 28 of
your index finger, pigeons have a very impressive 29__ memory.
Recently it was shown that they could be trained to be as accurate as
humans at detecting breast cancer in images.


Rats are often 30 with spreading disease rather than 31 it, but this
long-tailed animal is highly 32 . Inside a rat's nose are up to 1,000
different types of olfactory receptors
（嗅觉感受器）
, whereas humans
only have 100 to 200 types. This gives rats the ability to detect __33
smells. As a result, some rats are being put to work to detect TB
（肺结
核）
. When the rats detect the smell, they stop and rub their legs to 34 a
sample is infected.


Traditionally, a hundred samples would take lab technicians more
than two days to 35 , but for a rat it takes less than 20 minutes. This rat
detection method doesn't rely on specialist equipment. It is also more
accurate
—
the rats are able to find more TB infections and, therefore,
save more lives.


A) associated I) slight


B) examine J) specify


C) indicate K) superior


D) nuisance L) suspicious


E) peak M) tip



F) preventing N) treated


G) prohibiting O) visual


H) sensitive


Section B


Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten
statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in
one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the
information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.
Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by
marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.


Do In-Class Exams Make Students Study Harder?


Research suggests they may study more broadly for the unexpected
rather than search for answers.


[A] I have always been a poor test- taker. So it may seem rather
strange that I have returned to college to finish the degree I left undone
some four decades ago. I am making my way through Columbia
University, surrounded by students who quickly supply the verbal
answer while I am still processing the question.


[B] Since there is no way for me to avoid exams, I am currently
questioning what kind are the most taxing and ultimately beneficial. I
have already sweated through numerous in-class midterms and finals,
and now I have a professor who issues take- home ones. I was excited
when I learned this, figuring I had a full week to do the research, read

the texts, and write it all up. In fact, I was still rewriting my midterm
the morning it was due. To say I had lost the thread is putting it mildly.


[C] As I was suffering through my week of anxiety, overthinking
the material and guessing my grasp of it, I did some of my own polling
among students and professors. David Eisenbach, who teaches a
popular class on U.S. presidents at Columbia, prefers the in-class
variety. He believes students ultimately learn more and encourages
them to form study groups. “That way they socialize over history
outside the class, which wouldn’t happen without the pressure of a
n
in-
class exam,” he explained, “Furthermore, in
-class exams force
students to learn how to perform under pressure, and essential work
skill.”



[D] He also says there is less chance of cheating with the in-class
variety. In 2012, 125 students at Harvard were caught up in a scandal
when it was discovered they had cheated on a take-home exam for a
class entitled “Introduction To Congress.” Some coll
eges have what
they call an “honor code,” though if you are smart enough to get into
these schools, you are either smart enough to get around any codes or
hopefully, too ethical to consider doing so. As I sat blocked and clueless
for two solid days, I mome
ntarily wondered if I couldn’t just call an
expert on the subject matter which I was tackling, or someone who took
the class previously, to get me going.


[E] Following the Harvard scandal, Mary Miller, the former dean
of students at Yale, made an impassi
oned appeal to her school’s
professors to refrain from take-
hone exams. “Students risk health and
well being, as well as performance in other end-of-term work, when
faculty offers take- home exams without clear, time-
limited boundaries,”