2016英语专四听力原文

2016

年英语专业四级考试答案

Listening

PART I

DICTATION

Think Positively and Feel Positively

Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation? Do you react positively or negatively?

The answer may depend in part on whom you are around.

A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in some cases. For example, the

researchers studied 103 college roommates. They measured each roommate’s tendency towards

negative thinking. It was found that thinking patterns can be contagious. Students with a negative

thinking roommate became more depressed themselves and students with more positive thinking

roommates were more likely to become more positive as well.

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A TALK

1. success

2. challenging settings

3. National Spelling Contest

4. passion and perseverance

5. future a reality

6. marathon

7. grittier

8. measures of talent

9. not fixed

10. not permanent

SECTION B CONVERSATIONS

1. C. procedure

2. A. job

3. C. presentation

4. D. company

5. B. 11 Thursday

6. B. Handle

7. A. increased by 6 to

8. B. first

9. D. withdraw

10. A. charitable

PART III LANGUAGE USAGE

11-20: ADABB DBABC 21-30: ADABA CDBDC

PART IV CLOZE

31-40: HLIED KOCMG

PART V READING COMPREHENSION

41-50: BADBD ADCBD

51. Keep wits together in the presence of that food.

52. The author was given the million-pound bank-note.

53. It symbolizes peace and unity.

54. Meeting basic needs and making low- paid work.

55. Good things will happen by taking care of the present.

PART VI WRITING

参考范文

When

it

comes

to

whether

parents

should

take

their

children

to

spend

holidays

during

term-time, views on the issue vary from person to person. Parents claim that by doing so, they can

save

a

lot

of

money

born

of

busy

school

holidays.

Educational

officials

strongly

oppose

this

tendency

on

the

gr

ound

that

it

encourages

truancy,

which

in

turn

damages

a

child’s

education.

From my perspective, the merits of banning term-time holidays outweigh its demerits.

To

begin

with,

taking

tough

measures

on

this

kind

of

truancy

is

conducive

to

the

normal

teaching process, one of the key elements to guarantee kid

’

s academic performance. As we know,

currently, teachers have the discretion to approve a certain time of absence from school for each

child,

which

is

supposed

to

be

for

illness

and

is

not

supposed

to

be

granted

for

holidays.

By

definitely abolishing the right of head teachers to “authorize absence” from the classroom, those

teachers can rarely be pestered by parents who want to take children to go on a holiday just to save

money, which severely disrupts te

aching process. What ‘s more, without strict penalties imposed

on the parents who lead to their kid’s playing truant, those parents can gradually view asking for

holiday

leave

as

a

right.

Once

this

cultural

expectation

is

formed,

the

level

of

truancy

will

dramatically increase.

Accordingly, the growing trend of term- time holidays should be banned with no delay. In this

way, teachers can impart knowledge without disturbance and parents will be deterred from saving

money at the expense of sacrificing their kid

’

s education.

2016

专四听力原文

PART I

DICTATION

Think Positively and Feel Positively

Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation? Do you react positively or negatively?

The answer may depend in part on whom you are around.

A

study

found

that

negative

thinking

can

be

contagious

in

some

cases.

For

example,

the

researchers

studied

103

college

roommates.

They

measured

each

roommate’s

tendency

towards

negative thinking. It was found that thinking patterns can be contagious. Students with a negative

thinking roommate became more depressed themselves and students with more positive thinking

roommates were more likely to become more positive as well.

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A TALK

What is Grit?

Good

morning,

everyone.

Today

I

would

like

to

talk

about

my

recent

research

project,

concerning the key to success. I would like to start my topic with my own story.

When I was 27 years old, I left for a demanding job - teaching seventh graders math in the

New

York

City

public

schools.

And

like

any

teacher,

I

made

quizzes

and

tests.

I

gave

out

homework assignments. When the work came back, I calculated grades.

What

struck

me

was

that

I.Q.

was

not

the

only

difference

between

my

best

and

my

worst

students. Some of my strongest performers did not have super I.Q. scores. Some of my smartest

kids weren't doing so well.

And

I felt interested in knowing the reason why the students’ math performance is not that

closely

related

to

their

IQ

scores.

I

started

studying

kids

and

adults

in

all

kinds

of

challenging

settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why? My research team

and

I

went

to

West

Point

Military

Academy.

We

tried

to

predict

which

students

would

stay

in

military training and which would drop out. We went to the National Spelling Contest and tried to

predict which children would advance furthest in competition. We worked with private companies,

asking, which of these sales people is going to keep their jobs? And who's going to earn the most

money?

We

went

to

many

places.

And

finally,

one

characteristic

emerged

as

a

significant

predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it

wasn't I.Q. It was grit. What is grit?

Well,

grit

is

passion

and

perseverance

for

very

long- term

goals.

Grit

is

sticking

with

your

future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years, and working

really hard to make future a reality. Grit is living your life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

A few years ago, I started studying grit in the Chicago public schools. I asked thousands of

high

school

juniors

to

take grit

questionnaires,

and

then

waited

around

more

than

a

year

to

see

who

would

graduate.

It

turned

out

that

grittier

kids

were

significantly

more

likely

to

graduate,

even when I matched them on every characteristic I could measure, things like family income, test

scores,

and

so on. To

me,

the

most

shocking

thing

about

grit

is

how

little

we

know,

how

little

science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers asked me,

in kids? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?