英语专业四级真题与题解

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GRADE FOUR

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TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN

PART I DICTATION

[10 MIN]

Listen

to

the

following

passage.

Altogether

the

passage

will

be

read

to

you

four

times.

During

the

first

reading,

which

will

be

done

at

normal

speed,

listen

and

try

to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be

read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The

last

reading

will

be

done

at

normal

speed

again

and

during

this

time

you

should

check

your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A TALK

[20 MIN]

In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While

listening, you may look at the task on the ANSWER SHEETONE and write NO MORE THAN

THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and

semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note- taking.

You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.

Now,

listen

to

the

talk.

When

it

is

over,

you

will

be

given

TWO

minutes

to

check

your work.

SECTION B CONVERSATIONS

In

this

section,

you

will

hear

two

conversations.

At

the

end

of

the

conversion,

five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the

questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second

pause.

During

the

pause,

you

should

read

the

four

choices

of

A,

B,

C

and

D,

and

mark

the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions.

Now, listen to the conversations.

Conversation One

Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.

1. A. To tell the man that he has been shortlisted for interview.

B. To ask the man a few questions about his interview.

C. To tell the man the procedure of the interview.

D. To explain to the man how to make a presentation.

2. A. Questions related to the job.

B. General questions about himself.

C. Specific questions about his CV.

D. Questions about his future plan.

3. A. Questions from the interviewers.

B. Questions from the interviewee.

C. Presentation from the interviewee.

D. Requests from the interviewee.

4. A. Educational and professional background.

B. Problems he has faced and solved.

C. Major successes in his career so far.

D. Company future and his contribution.

5. A. 11 ., next Tuesday.

B. 11 ., next Thursday.

C. 9 ., this Tuesday.

D. 9 ., this Thursday.

Conversation Two

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.

6. A. How college students pay for their education.

B. How to handle the problem of college loans.

C. The disadvantage of college loans.

D. Government financing in college education.

7. A. It has increased by 6 to 8%.

B. It has increased by 8 to 10%.

C. It has decreased by 6 to 8%.

D. It has decreased by 8 to 10%.

8. A. Student

’

s family income.

B. First year salary after graduation.

C. A fixed amount of 30, 000 dollars.

D. Payment in the next ten years.

9. A. Students can borrow money first.

B. Students pay no tax on savings.

C. Students pay less tax after graduation.

D. Students withdraw without paying tax.

10. A. Giving up charitable or volunteer work.

B. Neglecting their study at college.

C. Giving up further education.

D. Neglecting high salary in job-seeking.

PART III LANGUAGE USAGE

[10 MIN]

There

are

twenty

sentences

in

this

section.

Beneath

each

sentence

there

are

four

words

or

phrases

marked

A,

B,

C

and

D.

Choose

one

word

or

phrase

that

best

completes

the sentence. Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.

11.

How

can

I

concentrate

if

you

__________

continually

__________

me

with

silly

questions?

A. have

…

interrupted

B. had

…

interrupted

C. are

…

interrupting

D. were

…

interrupting

12.

Among the four sentences below, Sentence __________ express the highest

degree of possibility.

A. It may take a long time to find a solution to the problem.

B. It might take a long time to find a solution to the problem.

C. It could take a long time to find a solution to the problem.

D. It should take a long time to find a solution to the problem.

13.

She is a better speaker than __________ in the class.

A. all the girls

B. the other boys

C. other any girl

D. any boy

14.

Nobody heard him sing, __________?

A. did they

B. did he

C. didn

’

t they

D. did one

15.

I can

’

t put up with __________.

A. that friend of you

B. that friend of yours

C. the friend of you

D. the friend of yours

16.

There

has

been

an

increasing

number

of

__________

in

primary

schools

in

past

few years.

A. man teacher

B. men teacher

C. man teachers

D. men teachers

17. This is one of the issues that deserve __________.

A. mentioning

B. being mentioned

C. to mention

D. for mention

18. The audience __________ excited on seeing__________ favorite star glide onto

the stage.

A. were

…

its

B. were

…

their

C. was

…

their

D. was

…

one

’

s

19. __________ your advice, I would have made the wrong decision.

A. Hadn

’

t it been for

B. Had it not been for

C. Had it been for

D. Had not it been for

20. The sentence

I wish I had been more careful in spending money

express the

speaker

’

s __________.

A. hope

B. joy

C. regret

D. relief

21. The Attorney General ordered a federal autopsy of Brown

’

s body, seeking to

__________

the

family

and

community

there

would

be

a

thorough

investigation

into

his death.

A. ensure

B. assure

C. insure

D. ascertain

22. The police department came under strong criticism for both the death of an

unarmed and its handling of the __________.

A. consequence

B. outcome

C. result

D. aftermath

23.

crisis.

A. dispel

B. expel

C. repel

D. quell

24.

Mutual funds are thus best for investors who don

’

t want to take the time

The

Foreign

Secretary

tried

to

__________

doubts

about

his

handling

of

the

to

study

stocks

in

detail

or

who

__________

the

resources

to

build

a

portfolio.

A. deprive

B. lack

C. yearn

D. attain

25.

Chris

ran

__________

John

at

a

sporting- goods

trade

show

and

the

two

quickly

struck __________ an easy rapport.

A. into

…

up

B. on

…

into

C. across

…

on

D. against

…

into

26.

“

I

’

m leaving the country soon,

”

he told a __________ convened group of

reporters.

A. especially

B. particularly

C. specially

D. specifically

27.

Israel and Hamas had reached a deal on extending the __________ ceasefire

by an extra 24 hours until Tuesday at midnight.

A. contemporary

B. makeshift

C. spontaneous

D. temporary

28.

__________

to

unplugging

the

alarm

clock

and

trusting

your

ability

to

wake

on

time

on

your

own,

you

should

probably

ease

yourself

into

the

new

arrangement

by keeping a very regular schedule for several weeks.

A. Due

B. Prior

C. Related

D. Thanks

29.

If you are an athlete, strong abdominal muscles help you ensure a strong

back and freedom from injury during __________upper-body movement.

A. valiant

B. variable

C. vigorous

D. vigilant

30.

Finning is a cruel __________ in which the shark

’

s fins are lopped off,

and the live shark is thrown back to sea.

A. reality

B. truth

C. skill

D. practice

PART IV CLOZE

[10 MIN]

Decide

which

of

the

words

given

in

the

box

below

would

best

complete

the

passage

if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the

letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

A.

ample

B.

combinations

C.

directly

D.

disseminated

E.

generations

F. genuinely G. instead H. lists I. promulgated J.

publicized

K. scant L.

shaped M. sophisticated N. transplanted O.

virtual

Imagine

a

world

without

writing.

Obviously

there

would

be

no

books:

no

novels,

no encyclopedias, no cookbooks, no textbooks, no telephone books, no scriptures,

no diaries, no travel guides. There would be no ball-points, no typeswriters, no

computers, no Internet, no magazines, no movie credits, no shopping lists, no

newspapers, no tax returns. But such __________ (31) of subjects almost miss the

point.

The

world

we

live

in

has

been

indelibly

marked

by

the

written

word,

__________

(32)

by

the

technology

of

writing

over

thousands

of

years.

Ancient

kings

proclaimed

their authority and __________ (33) their laws in writing. Scribes administered

great empires by writing, their knowledge of recording and retrieving information

essential to governing complex societies. Religious traditions were passed on

through

__________

(34),

and

spread

to

others,

in

writing.

Scientific

and

technological progress was achieved and __________ (35) through writing. Accounts

in trade and commerce could be kept because of writing. Nearly every step of

civilization

has

been

mediated

through

writing.

A

world

without

writing

would

bear

__________

(36)

resemblance

to

the

one

we

now

live

in.

Writing

is

a

__________

(37)

necessity to the societies anthropologists call civilizations. A civilization is

distinguished from other societies by the complexity of its social organization,

by its construction of cities and large public buildings, and by the economic

specialization

of

its

members,

many

of

whom

are

not

__________

(38)

involved

in

food

procurement or production. A civilization, with its taxation and tribute systems,

its

trade,

and

its

public

works,

requires

a

__________

(39)

system

of

record

keeping.

And

so

the

early

civilizations

of

Egypt,

China,

and

(probably)

India

all

developed

a

system

of

writing.

Only

the

Peruvian

civilization

of

the

Incas

and

their

predecessors did not use writing but __________ (40) invented a system of keeping

records on knotted color-coded strings known as

quipu

.

PART V READING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A MUTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

[35 MIN]

In

this section

there are

three

passages

followed

by

ten

multiple choice

questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers

marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your

answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

PASSAGE ONE

(1)

When I was twenty-seven years old, I was a mining-broker

’

s clerk in San

Francisco, and an expert in all the details of stock traffic, I was alone in the

world,

and

had

nothing

to

depend

upon

but

my

wits

and

a

clean

reputation;

but

these

were setting my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the

prospect. My time was my own after the afternoon board, Saturdays, and I was

accustomed to putting it in on a little sail-boat on the bay. One day I ventured

too far, and was carried out to sea. Just at nightfall, when hope was about gone,

I

was

picked

up

by

a

small

ship

which

was

bound

for

London.

It

was

a

long

and

stormy

voyage, and they made me work my passage without pay, as a common sailor. When I

stepped

ashore

in

London

my

clothes

were

ragged

and

shabby,

and

I

had

only

a

dollar

in my pocket. This money fed and sheltered me twenty-four hours. During the next

twenty-four I went without food and shelter.

(2)

About

ten

o

’

clock

on

the

following

morning,

dirty

and

hungry,

I

was

dragging

myself

along Portland Place, when a child

that

was passing,

towed by a

nurse- maid,

tossed a big pear

——

minus one bite

——

into the gutter. I stopped, of course, and

fastened

my

desiring

eye

on

that

muddy

treasure.

My

mouth

watered

for

it,

my

stomach

craved

it,

my

whole

being

begged

for

it.

But

every

time

I

made

a

move

to

get

it

some

passing eye detected my purpose, and of course I straightened up then, and looked

indifferent and

pretended that

I hadn

’

t

been

thinking about the pear at all. This

same thing kept happening and happening, and I couldn

’

t get the pear.

(3)

I was just getting desperate enough to brave all the shame, and to seize

it, when a window behind me was raised, and a gentleman spoke out of it, saying:

“

Step in here, please.

”

(4)

I was admitted by a man servant, and shown into a sumptuous room where a

couple of elderly gentlemen were sitting. They sent away the servant, and made me

sit down. They had just finished their breakfast, and the sight of the remains of

it almost overpowered me. I could hardly keep my wits together in the presence of

that food, but as I was not asked to sample it, I had to bear my trouble as best

as I could.

(5)

Now, something had been happening there a little before, which I did not

know anything about until a good many days afterwards, but I will tell you about

it now. Those two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of

days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English

way of settling everything.

(6)

You

will

remember

that

the

Bank

of

England

once

issued

two

notes

of

a

million

pounds

each,

to

be

used

for

a

special

purpose

connected

with

some

public

transaction

with a foreign country. For some reason or other only one of these had been used

and canceled; the other still lay in the vaults of the Bank. Well, the brothers,

chatting along, happened to get to wondering what might be the fate of a perfectly

honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned adrift in London without a

friend, and with no money but that million-pound bank-note, and no way to account

for

his

being

in

possession

of

it.

Brother

A

said

he

would

starve

to

death;

Brother

B

said

he

wouldn

’

t.

Brother

A

said

he

couldn

’

t

offer

it

at

a

bank

or

anywhere

else,

because he would be arrested on the spot. So they went on disputing till Brother

B

said

he

would

bet

twenty

thousand

pounds

that

the

man

would

live

thirty

days,

anyway,

on that million, and keep out of jail, too. Brother A took him up. Brother B went

down to the Bank and bought that note. Then he dictated a letter, which one of his

clerks wrote out in a beautiful round hand, and then the two brothers sat at the

window a whole day watching for the right man to give it to.

(7)

I finally became the pick of it.

41. In Para. 1, the phrase

“

set my feet

”

probably means __________.

A. put me aside

B. start my journey

C. prepare me

D. let me walk

42.

It can be concluded from Para. 2 that __________.

A. the man wanted to maintain dignity though starved

B. the man could not get a proper chance to eat the pear

C. The man did not really want the pear since it was dirty

D. it was very difficult for the man to get the pear

43.

Compared with Brother A, Brother B was more __________ towards the effect

of the

one-million-pound bank-note on a total strange.

A. neutral

B. negative

C. reserved

D. positive

PASSAGE TWO

(1)

The

concept

of

peace

is

a

very

important

one

in

cultures

all

over

the

world.

Think

about

how

we

greet

people.

In

some

language,

the

phrases

for

greetings

contain

the

word

for

peace.

In

some

cultures

we

greet

people

by

shaking

hands

or

with

another

gesture

to

show

that

we

are

not

carrying

weapons

---

that

we

come

in

peace.

And

there

are

certain

symbols

which

people

in

very

different

cultures

recognize

as

representing peace. Let

’

s look at a few of them.

The dove

(2)

The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years

in many different cultures. In ancient Greek mythology it was a symbol of love and

the renewal of life. In ancient Japan a dove carrying a sword symbolized the end

of war.

(3)

There

was

a

tradition

in

Europe

that

if

dove

flew

around

a

house

where

someone

was dying then their soul would be at peace. And there are legends which say that

devil can turn himself into any bird except for a dove. In Christian art, the dove

was used to symbolized the Holy Ghost and was often painted above Christ

’

s head.

(4)

But it was Pablo Picasso who made the dove a modern symbol of peace when

he used it on a poster for the World Peace Congress in 1949.

The rainbow

(5)

The

rainbow

is

another

ancient

and

universal

symbol,

often

representing

the

connection

between

human

beings

and

their

gods.

In

Greek

mythology

it

was

associated

with Iris, the goddess who brought messages from the gods on Mount Olympus. In

Scandinavian mythology

the rainbow

was a

bridge between the

gods

and the earth. In

the Bible a rainbow showed Noah that the Biblical flood was finally over, and that

God

had

forgiven

his

people.

In

the

Chinese

tradition,

the

rainbow

is

a

common

symbol

for marriage because

the colours represent the union of

yin and yang. Nowadays

the

rainbow

is

used

by

many

popular

movements

for

peace

and

the

environment,

representing

the possibility

of a better world in

the future

and promising sunshine after rain.

Mistletoe

(6)

This plant was sacred in many cultures, generally representing peace and

love.

Most

people

know

of

the

tradition

of

kissing

under

the

mistletoe

at

Christmas

time, which probably comes from Scandinavian mythology. The goddess Freya

’

s son

was killed by an arrow made of mistletoe, so, in honour of him, she declared that

it would always be a symbol of peace. It was often hung in doorways as a sign of

friendship.

(7)

The ancient Druids believed that hanging mistletoe in your doorway could

protect you from evil spirits. Tribes would stop fighting for a period of time if

they found a tree with mistletoe. But you will never see mistletoe in a Christian

church

-

it

is

banned

because

of

its

associations

with

pagan

religion

and

superstition.

The olive branch

(8)

The olive tree has always been a valuable source of food and oil. In Greek

mythology,

the

goddess

Athena

gave

the

olive

tree

to

the

people

of

Athens,

who

showed

their

gratitude

by

naming

the

city

after

her.

But

no

one

knows

for

sure

when

or

why

it began to symbolize peace. There is probably a connection with ancient Greece.

Wars

between

states

were

suspended

during

the

Olympics

Games,

and

the

winners

were

given

crowns

of

olive

branches.

The

symbolism

may

come

from

the

fact

that

the

olive

tree

takes

a

long

time

to

produce

fruit,

so

olives

could

only

be

cultivated

successfully in long periods of peace. Whatever the history, the olive branch is

a part of many modern flags symbolizing

peace and unity. One

well-known

example is

the United Nations symbol.

The ankh

(9)

The ankh is an ancient symbol which was adopted by the hippie movement in

the 1960s to represent peace and love. It was found in many Asian cultures, but is

generally associated with ancient Egypt. It represented life and immortality.

Egyptians were buried with an ankh, so that they could continue to live in the

“

afterworld

”< /p>

. The symbol was also found along the sides of the Nile, which gave

life

to

the

people.

They

believed

that

the

ankh

could

control

the

flow

of

the

river

and make sure that there was always enough water.

44.

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Concept of Peace.

B. Origin of Peace Symbols.

C. Popular Peace Symbols.

D. Cultural Difference of Peace.

45.

The rainbow represents the connection between human beings and their gods in

all the

following countries EXCEPT __________.

A. Sweden

B. Greece

C. Finland

D. China

46.

In North Europe mistletoe was often hung in doorways to indicate __________.

A. friendship

B. love

C. kinship

D. honour

47.

The origin of the ankh can date back to __________.

A. the Nile

B. the

“

afterword

”

C. the hippie movement

D. ancient Egypt

PASSAGE THREE

(1)

Two

sides

almost

never

change:

That

you

can

manipulate

people

into

self-sufficiency and that you can punish them into good citizenship.

(2)

The first manifests itself in our tireless search for the magical level at

which welfare grants are big enough to meet basic needs but small enough to make

low-paid

work

attractive.

The

second

has

us

looking

to

the

criminal

justice

system

to cure behavior that is as much as anything the result of despair.

(3)

The welfare example is well known. We don

’

t want poor people to live in

squalor or their

children to be malnourished.

But we also don

’

t want to subsidize

the

indolence

of

people

who

are

too

lazy

to

work.

The

first

impulse

leads

us

to

provide

housing,

food

stamps,

medical

care

and

a

cash

stipend

for

families

in

need.

The

second

gets us to think about

“

workforce

”

.

(4)

We

’

ve been thinking about it for two reasons: the

“

nanny

”

problems of

two

high-ranking

government

officials

(who

hired

undocumented

foreigners

as

household

helpers,

presumably

because

they

couldn

’

t

find

Americans

to

do

the

work)

and President Clinton

’

s proposal to put a two-year limit on welfare.

(5)

Maybe something useful will come of Clinton

’

s idea, but I

’

m not all that

hopeful. It looks to me like one more example of trying to manipulate people into

taking care of themselves.

(6)

On the criminal justice side, we hope to make punishment tough enough to

discourage crime but not so tough as to clog our prisons with relatively minor

offenders.

Too

short

a

sentence,

we

fear,

will

create

contempt

for

the

law.

Too

long

a sentence will take up

costly

space better used for the

violent and unremorseful.

(7)

Not

only

can

we

never

find

the

“

perfect

punishment,

our

search

for

optimum

penalties is complicated by our

desire for fairness: to let

the punishment fit

the

crime. The problem is that almost any punishment --- even the disgrace of being

charged

with

a

crime

---

is

sufficient

to

deter

the

middle

class,

while

for

members

of the underclass, probation may be translated as

“

I beat it

”

.

(8)

So

how

can

you

use

the

system

---

welfare

or

criminal

justice

---

to

produce

the behavior we want? The answer, I suspect is: You can

’

t.

(9)

We keep trying to use welfare and prison to

change

people --- to make them

think and behave the way we do --- when the truth is the incentives work only for

those who already think the way we do: who view today

’

s action with an eye on the

future.

(10)

We

will

take

lowly

work

(if

that

is

all

that

’

s

available)

because

we

believe

we can make bad jobs work for us. We avoid crime not because we are better people

but because we see getting caught as a future-wrecking disaster. We are guided by

a belief that good things will happen for us in the future if we take proper care

of

the

present.

Even

under

the

worst

of

circumstances,

we

believe

we

are

in

control

of our lives.

(11)

And

we

have

trouble

understanding

that

not

everybody

believes

as

we

believe.

The welfare rolls, the prison and the mean street of our cities are full of people

who

have

given

up

on

their

future.

Without

hope

for

the

future,

hard

work

at

a

low-paid

job

makes

no

sense.

Working

hard

in

school,

or

pleasing

a

boss,

or

avoiding

pregnancy

makes

no

sense.

The

deadly

disease

is

hopelessness.

The

lawlessness

and

poverty

are

only the obvious symptoms.

(12)

I

’

m

not

advocating

that

we

stop

looking

for

incentives

to

move

poor

people

toward self-sufficiency or that we stop punishing people for criminal behavior.

There will always be some people who need help and some who deserve to be in jail.

(13)

All

I

’

m

saying

is

that

the

long-term

answer

both

to

welfare

and

the

crime

that plagues our communities is not to fine tune the welfare and criminal justice

systems but to prevent our children from getting the disease of despair.

(14)

If we encourage our young people to believe in the future, and give them

solid evidence for believing, we

’

ll find both crime and poverty shrinking to

manageable proportions.

48. What is the author

’

s attitude towards Clinton

’

s proposal to welfare?

A. Pessimistic.

B. Optimistic.

C. Suspicious.

D. Sarcastic.

49.

It can be inferred from Para. 7 that optimum penalties are __________ to

the underclass.

A. useless

B. hopeless

C. frightening

D. humiliating

50.

Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?

A. Lawlessness and Poverty.

B. Criminal Justice System.

C. Welfare Grants.

D. Disease of Despair.

SECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

In this section, there are five short answer questions based on the passages

in

Section

A.

Answer

the

questions

with

NO

more

than

TEN

words

in

the

space

provided

on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

PASSAGE ONE

51.

In Para. 4, what does the man mean by saying

“

I had to bear my trouble

”

?

52.

What can be inferred from the last sentence of the passage?

PASSAGE TWO

53.

Why does the UN use the olive branch in its symbol?

PASSAGE THREE

54.

According to the author, what balance should we keep in welfare?

55.

What does the author mean by saying

“

Even under the worst of circumstances, we

believe

we are in control of our lives

”

(Para. 10)?

PART VI WRITING

[45 MIN]

Read

carefully

the

following

excerpt

on

term-time

holiday

arguments

in

the

UK,

and then write your response in

NO LESS THAN

200 words, in which you should:

·

summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then

·

comment

on

whether

parents

should

take

children

out

of

school

for

holiday

during

term

time in order to save money.

You should support yourself with information from the excerpt.

Marks

will

be

awarded

for

content

relevance,

content

sufficiency,

organization

and

language

quality.

Failure

to

follow

the

above

instructions

may

result

in

a

loss

of marks.

Term-time holidays will be banned

Parents

are

to

be

banned

by

Michael

Gove,

UK

’

s

Education

Secretary,

from

taking

their children out of school to save money on holidays.

He is to abolish the right of head teacher to

“

authorise absence

”

from the

classroom, which has been used to let families take term-time breaks, and will

warn them they face fines for their children not being at school.

“

Any time out of school has the potential to damage a child

’

s education,

”

a

senior source at the Department for Education said this weekend.

“

That is why

—

THE END

—

the

government

will

end

the

distinction

between

authorised

and unauthorised

absence.

”

A. The kind of people suitable for the trip.

“

B. Interests and hobbies of the speakers.

This

is

part

of

the

government

’

s

wider

commitment

to

bring

down

truancy

levels

C. Recruitment of people for the trip.

in our schools. There will also be stricter penalties for parents and schools.

”

D. Preparation for the trip to Mars.

The

tough

measures

on truancy are part of a

wider attempt

by

Mr. Gove

to make

.....

Conversation Two

Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.

——

THE END

——

ANSWER SHEET 1(

反面

)

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION

What is Grit?

My questions

W

hy isn’t . the only difference between students?

What is the key to(1) ______? (1)-

______

My Research

investigation

(2)______

—

West Point Military Academy

—

(3)______

—

private companies

My finding: grit as predictor of success

Grit

(4)______

Grit

(5)______

Grit

(6)______

My survey

High school juniors took grit questionnaires

is

living

your

life

like

a(6)

is

working

hard

for

years

to

make

is(4)

______

for

a

very

long-term

(3)

of

all

kinds

of

(2)______:

including:

_______

goals

(5)______

_____

(7)______

(7)_____

Grit-building

kids

were

more

likely

to

graduate

little is known about how to build grit in students

data

show

grit

is

unrelated

to

(8)_______

(8)____

growth

mindset

is

the

belief

that

the

ability

to

learn

is

(9)____

kids

with

grit

believe

failure

is(10)

(10)____

Conclusion

We need to be gritty about getting our kinds grittier.

_______

______

(9)

TEM 4 SCRIPT

PART

Ⅰ

DICTATION

Listen

to

the

following

passage.

Altogether

the

passage

will

be

read

to

you

four

times.

During

the

first

reading,

which

will

be

done

at

normal

speed,

listen

and

try

to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be

read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The

last

reading

will

be

done

at

normal

speed

again

and

during

this

time

you

should

check

your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

Now listen to the passage.

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.

The second and third readings. You should begin writing now.

The last reading.

Now, you have two minutes to check through your work. (a two-minute interval)

That is the end of Part

Ⅰ

Dictation.

2016

年

4

级听写评分标准

THINK POSITIVE AND FEEL POSITIVE

（标题忽略不计）

第一组：

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

or

negatively?

/The

answer

may

depend

in

part

on

whom

you're

around.

/A

study

found

that

negative

thinking

can

be

contagious

in

some

cases./For

example,

the

researchers

studied 103 college roommates. / (45words)

第二组：

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.(43words)

1.

听写共分

10

小节：每节

1

分，每组评阅五句 ，每五句为一段。

2.

；大错误：

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，并点击相关按钮，不用计算分值。

3.

每节最多扣一分。

4.

段内重复错误，仅扣一次。段内 乱点标点符号，算标点符号错误。总计扣分，算在最后

一个评分框中。

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5.

错误共分两类：小错误（

minor mistakes

）和大错误（

major mistakes

）

。

A.

小错误

1

）

大小写 、标点符号错误（如果标点影响后句大小写，算前句的一个小错）

：

第一组：

or negatively?

—

or negatively.

第二组：

tendency

—

tendency

，

；roommate’s —

roommates

；

It