2017年12月英语四级考试真题全解析(第一套)

:walkway,bypass

等。

原文：

Last week,France announced that the countrywill pave 621 miles of road with solar panels

over the next five years,withthe goal of providing cheap,renewable energy to five million people.

Called

“

the

Wattway,

”

the

roads

will

be

builtthrough

joint

efforts

with

the

French

road-building

company

Colas

and

theNational

Institute

of

Solar

company

spent

the

last

five

yearsdeveloping

solar

panels

that

are

only

about

a

quarter

of

an

inch

thick

and

are

strongenough to stand up

to heavy highway traffic without breaking or making theroads more

panels

are

also

designed

so

that

they

can

be

installeddirectly

on

top

of

existing

roadways,making them relativelycheap and easy to install.

Franceisn

’

t the first country to kick around the idea of paving its roads with

November 2015,the Netherlands completed a 229-foot-long bike pathpaved with solar panels as

a

test

for

future

r,this

is

thefirst

time

a

panel

has

been

designed

to

be

laid

directly on top of existingroads and the first project to install the panels on public highways.

New report 3

5.

答案：

A)Endless fighting in the region.

6.

答案：

D)To find evidence of the existence of the

“

lost lions

”

.

7.

答案 ：

B)Lions

’

tracks.

题目解析：

第

5

题：

Q

：

What has made it difficult to surveylions in remote parts of Susan and Ethiopia

？

原文：

Continuousfighting in the region has made survey difficult.

这篇新闻研究者们证实非洲的狮子 正在大范围消失

,

并成立小组研究狮子的栖息地。这

,

通过视听一致即可。

第

6

题：

Q:What was the main purpose of the research?

细节题。目的题，按照顺序中段听到了

thediscovery

of

the

lost

内容，以及

catchimages< /p>

?

/identify lions

’< /p>

tracks

，确定答案。

第

7

题：

Q:What did the researchers find in the national park?

解析：细节题。视听一致原则，依据

identifylion s

’

tracks,

确定答案

.

原文：

Lions

have

disappeared

from

much

of

Africa,but

for

the

past

few

years

scientists

have

wondered

if

the

big

cats

werehanging

on

in

remote

parts

of

Sudan

and

uous

fighting

in

theregion

has

made

surveys

scientists

released

a

report

Mondaydocumenting,with hard evidence,the discovery of

A team with Oxford University

’

s WildlifeConservation Research Unit,supported by a charity

organization,spent twonights in November camping in the National Park in northwest Ethiopia,on

theEthiopia-Sudan researchers set out six camera traps capturingimages of lions,and

they identified lion tracks.

The

scientists

concluded

that

lions

are

alsolikely

to

live

in

the

neighbouring National

Park

across

the

border

in

International

Union

for

Conservation

of

Nature

had

previously

consideredthe area a

the area,but no one presented convincing evidence.

Section B

Conversation 1

8.< /p>

【答案】

“

lu cky birthday

”

【问题】

What is the woman looking forward to?

【原文

+

解 析】

A golden or lucky birthday iswhen one turns the age of their birth date.

一个

黄金或幸运的生日是当一个人到达出生日期的年龄。

9.

【答案】

her a surprise party.

【问题】

What did the woman

’

s parents do on her sister

’

slucky birthday?

【原文

+

解析】

My parents did throw her asurprise party that year.

那年我父母给她举办了

一个惊喜派对。

10.

答案：

trip her husband has planned.

【问题】

What is the woman eager to find out about?

【原文

+

解析】

I

’

m dying to know what kind of trip he has planned or way we are going.

我

很想知道他计划了什么 样的旅行，或者我们打算去哪。

11.

答案：

is eager to learn how thecouple

’

s holiday turns out.

【问题】

What does the man say at the end of theconversation?

【原文

+

解析】

I can

’

t wait to hear all aboutit when you get back.

我等不及要听到你回来

的消息了。

原文：

M:I bet you're looking forward to the end of this you?

W:Yes,I did you know?

M:David told me you had a special birthday coming up.

W:Oh

?

yeah that's year will be my golden birthday.

M:What does that mean?I've never heard of a golden birthday.

W:I've actually just learnt this concept ately,just in time tocelebrate.A golden

or lucky birthday is when one turns the age of their ,for example,my sister's birthday

is

December

9th

and

her

goldenbirthday

would

have

been

the

year

she

turned

nine

years

to think ofit,my parents did throw her a surprise party that year.

M:

bad

I

missed

golden

birthday

would've

been

four

yearsago.I

assume you got big plans then.

W:Actually husband is planning a surprise holiday for the two of us nextweek.I have

no idea what he's got in mind,but I'm excited to find hementioned anything to you?

M:He might have.

W:Anything you'd like to share?I'm dying to know what kind of trip he has plannedon where

we're going.

M:You know nothing at all?

W:Not a to imagine,isn

’

t it?Though I must say I think he's beenhaving even more

fun keeping the secret from me in the past few weeks.

M:I'm sure both of you will have a fantastic golden birthday!I can'twait to hear

all about it when you get back.

Conversation 2

12.

答案：

are sensitive to thedynamics of a negotiation.

【问题】

What does the man say about good negotiators?

【原文

+

解 析】

They are sensitive to thedynamics of a negotiation.

他们对谈判的动态很敏

感。

13.

答案：

know when to stop.

【问题】

What does the man say maybe the most important thingto a successful negotiator?

【原文

+

解析】

A nd perhaps most importantly,they know when to stop .

也许最重要的是，

他们知道什么时候该停下来。

14.

答案：

learn quickly.

【问题】

How is a good negotiator different from a poor one?

【原文

+

解析】

Good negotiators learn fast.

好的谈判者学得快。

15.

答案：

to know the other side.

【问题】

What is the first stage of a negotiation accordingto a man?

【原文

+

解 析】

There are about six stages of anegotiation:get to know the other side

谈判大

致有六个阶段：了解对方。

原文：

W:,what do you think makes asuccessful negotiator?

M:Well,that

’

s

hard

to

I

thinksuccessful

negotiators

have

several

things

in

are always politeand rational are firm but can recognize

power andknow how to use are sensitive to the dynamics of the of

rises and falls and how it may change project the imageof confidence,and perhaps

most importantly,they know when to stop.

W:And,what about an unsuccessfulnegotiator?

M:Well,this

is

probably

all

of

us

when

westart

are

probably

immature

and

emotional are unsure of ourselves and we want to be liked by

negotiators

learn

negotiators

remain

like

that

and

go

on

losingnegotiations.

W:In your opinion,can the skills ofnegotiation be taught?

M:Well,you

can

teach

someone

how

to

preparefor

a

are

perhaps

six

stages in every toknow the other your the y

areas

ofdisagreement

or

ss

your

finally,reach some agreement in stages canbe strategies to be used in

each can be planned Ithink,the really successful negotiator is probably born with

six sense aboutresponding appropriately to the situation at hand.

W:The artistic sense you

’

ve just described?

M:

’

s right.

Section C

Passage 1

16.

【答案】

D)How spaceresearch benefits people on Earth.

【问题】

What do some peoplewant to know about space exploration?

【原文

+

解析】

Some

people

wonder

why

countries

spend

millions

of

dollars

onspace

want to know how space research helps people on Ea rth.

有些人想知道为什么国

家在太空项目上花费了数百万美 元。

他们想知道太空研究是如何帮助地球上的人们的。

该句

为段首句，运用题文同序和视听一致确定答案为“

D

太空研究如何造福地球上的人们。

”

17.

【答案】

B)Theydeveloped objects for astronauts to use in outer space.

【问题】

What didscientists do for the space shuttle missions?

【原文

+

解析】

And in the space shuttle missions today,scientists developedobjects for the

astronauts to use on the moon,and in sp ace.

在今天的航天飞行任务中，

科学家们开发了宇航员

在月球和太空中使用的物体。该句与答案“

B

他们开发了宇航员在外层空间使用的物体。

”

一致，所以答案 选

B

。

18.

【答案】

A)They areextremely accurate.

【问题】

what does thespeaker say about quartz crystal clocks and watches?

【原文

+

解析】

For example,we have quartz crystal clocks and watches accurateto within one

minute a year.

例如，我们有石英晶体钟和手表可以精确到在一年中只有一分钟之内的误差。

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原文：

Somepeople wonder why countries spend millions of dollars on space nt to

know how space research helps people on ly spacetechnology helps people on Earth

every is called

Spin-offtechnology is space technology that is now used on Earth.

Inearly space programs,such as the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s,andin the Space

Shuttle missions today,scientists developed objects for theastronauts to use on the moon and in

now use some of these objects every day.

Forexample,we

have

Quartz

crystal

clocks

and

watches

accurate

to

within

one

minutea

purify the water we drink with awater filter designed for the astronauts'use in space.

Thecordless,hand-held tools we use in our homes,such as vacuum cleaners,flashlights,drills

and saws came from the technology of these early spaceprograms.

Oncold winter days we can stay warm with battery-operated gloves and socks,andspecially

made

coats

and

of

these

clothes

are

similar

to

thespacesuit

designs

that

kept

astronauts comfortable in the temperatures of themoon,and are spin-offs from space technology.

These products are only a few examplesof the many ways space technology helps us in our

everyday one knowshow new spin-off technology from the International Space Station

will help usin the future.

Passage 2

19.

【答案】

C)It markedthe beginning of something new.

【问题】

Why does thespeaker say she would like to go back and live in the 18th century

America?

【原文

+

解析】

Well,if

I

could

go

back

in

history

and

live,I

’

d

like

to

goback

to

the

18th

century,perhaps

in

colonial

America

in

Yankee

New

Englandwhere

one

of

my

ancestors

lived,because it was the beginning of s omething.

好吧，如果我能回到历史中去生活，我想回到

十八世纪，

也许是在殖民地美国的新英格兰，

我的一个祖先住 在那里，

因为它是某事的开端。