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2016
年
12
月英语四级真题（第一套）
新东方在线
Part I
Writing
(30minutes)
（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 this part,
you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay
.Suppose you
are two options upon
graduation: one is to take a job in a company and
the other to go to a graduate school.
You are to make a choice between
the
two. Write an essay to explain the reasons for
your choice. 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). Then
mark
the corresponding letter on the
Answer
sheet1
with a single line
through the centre.
Questions 1and 2 are based on the news
report you have just the heard.
1. A)
It was going to be renovated.
C) It was dangerous to live in.
B) He could no longer pay
the rent.
D) He had sold it to the royal family.
2. A) A storm.
C)
A forest fire.
B) A strike.
D) A Terrorist attack.
Questions 3and 4 are based on the news
report you have just heard.
3. A) They
lost 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.
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4. A) They provided
the miner with food and water.
B) They
sent supplies to keep the miners warm.
C) They released the details of the
accident.
D) They tried hard to repair
the accident.
Question5 to7 are based
on the news report you have just heard
.
5. A) Raise postage rates.
C) Close some
of its post offices.
B) Improve its
services.
D)
Redesign delivery routes.
6. A) Closing
offices on holidays.
C)
Computerizing mail sorting processes.
B) Shortening business hours.
D) Stopping mail delivery
on Saturdays.
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
Section B
Directions:
In this
section,you will hear two long the end of
eachconversation,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 four choice marked
A),B),C) and
D).Then mark the
corresponding letter an
Answer
sheet1
with a single
line
though the centre.
Question8 to 11 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
8.
A)He will lose part of his pay.
C)He will be given a warning.
B)He will go through retraining.
D)He is go good
terms with his workmates.
9.
A)He is an experienced
press operator.
C)He is always on time.
B)He
is trustworthy guy.
D
）
He is go good
terms with his workmates.
10.
A)She is a
trade union representative.
C)She is better at handing
such matters.
B)She is a senior manager of the shop.
D)She is in
charge of public relation.
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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.
Question12 to 15 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
12.
A)Open.
C)Selfish.
B)Reserved.
D)Friendly.
13.
A)They read a book.
C)They stay quiet.
B)They
talk about the weather
D)They chat with fellow
passengers.
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 castle.
D)She was always treated as a
foreigner.
15.A) House are much more
quiet.
C) They want a
garden of their own.
B) They want to have more
space.
D) Houses provide more privacy.
Section C
Directions:
In this
section,you will hear three the end of each
passage,you
will hear three or four
the passage and the questions will
be
spoken only 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 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.
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17.A)
Visit the school careers services.
C)
Look at school bulletin boards.
B) Ask their
professors for help.
D) Go through campus newspapers.
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 students find the books and journals they
need.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on
the passage you have just heard.
19.A)
It tastes better.
C) It is easier to grow.
B)
It may be sold at a higher price.
D) It can better survive extreme
weathers.
20.A) It can grow in drier
soil.
C) It will replace green
tea one day.
B) It is immune to various
diseases.
D)
It is healthier than green tea.
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.
Questions 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.
23. A) They made great
contributions to society.
B) They could only try to
create at night.
C) They were
proud of their creations.
D) They focused on the
quality of their products.
24. A)
Identify fake crafts.
C) Design handicrafts
themselves.
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B) Make wise choices.
D)
Learn the importance of creation.
25.
A) To attract foreign investments.
C) To arouse public
interest in crafts.
B) To preserve the
traditional culture.
D) To boost the local
economy.
PART
Ⅲ
Reading
Comprehension
(40
minutes)
Section
A
Directions:
In this
section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You
are required to
select oneword for each
blank from a list of choices given in a word bank
following the 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.
Many
men
and
women
have
long
bought
into
the
idea
that
there <
/p>
are
“
male
”
and
“
female
”
brains,believing
that
explains
just
about
every
difference
between
the
sexes.A new study
26
that belief,
questioning whether brains really can be
distinguished by
gender.
In the study, Tel Aviv
University researchers
27
for sex differences throughout the
entire
human brain
And what did they find? Not
much. Rather than offer evidence for
28
brains as
“
male
”
or
“
female
< br>”
,research shows that brains fall
into a wide range , with most people falling right
in the
middle.
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.
While the
“
averag
e
”
male and
“
average
”
female brains
were
30
different, you couldn’t
tell it by
looking
at
individual
brain
scans.
Only
a
small
31of
people
had
“
all
-
male
”
or
“
all
-<
/p>
female”characteristics.
Larry Cahill,
an American neuroscientist
（
神
经科学家）
，
said the study is an
important addition
to a growing body of
research questioning
32
beliefs about
gender and brain function. But he
cautioned against concluding from this
study that all brains are the same, 33
of gender.
“There’s a mountain of
evidence
34
the importance of sex
influences at all levels of brain
function ,”he told The Seattle
Times.
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If
anything,
he
said,
the
study
35that
gender
plays
a
very
important
role
in
the
brain
—“even when we are not
clear exactly how.”
A) abnormal
I)
regardless
B)
applied
J) searched
C) brieflyK)
similarities
D)
categorizing
L
）
slightly
E
）
challenges
M) suggests
F
）
figure
N
）
tastes
G
）
percentage
O
）
traditional
、
H
）
proving
Section B
Directions:
In this section,
you are gonging to read a passage with ten
statements
attached to it. Each
statement contains information given in one of the
paragraphs. Identify theparagraph from
which the information is derived.
You
may choose a paragraphmore than paragraph is
marked
with a letter. Answer the
questions by marking the corresponding letter
on
Answer sheet
2
.
Can Burglars
Jam Your wireless Security System?
[A]
Any
product
that
promises
to
protect
your
home
deserves
careful
examination.
So
it
isn’t
surprising
that
you’ll
find
plenty
of
strong
opinion
about
the
potential
vulnerabilities
of
popular home-security
systems.
[B] The most likely type of
burglary
(
入室盗窃
) by far is the unsophisticated crime of
opportunity,
usually
involving
a
broken
or
some
forced
entry.
According
to
the
FBI,
crimes
like
these
accounted
for
roughly
two-
thirds
of
all
household
burglaries
in
the
US
in
2003.
The
wide
majority of the rest
were illegal, unforced entries that resulted from
something like a window
being left
open. The FBI doesn’t even track those
statistics.
[C]
One
of
the
main
theoretical
home-security
concerns
is
whether
or
not
a
given
system
is
vulnerable
to
being
blocked
from
working
altogether.
With
wired
setups,
the
fear
is
that
a
burglar(
入室盗窃）
might be able to shut your system down
simply by cutting the right cable.
With
a wireless setup, you stick battery-powered sensor
up around your home that keeps an
eye
on windows, doors, motion, and more. If they
detect something wrong while the system is
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