2017年12月四级真题答案及解析(第一套完整版)

2.

答案

: C) By selling lemonade and pictures.

Q: How did Edison raise money?

原文

:She decided to go outside and have a lemonade stand, make some jewelries and

pictures and sell them.

这道题难 度中等

,

根据选项形式都是

by, < /p>

可得知问题一定是问

how,

因此

,

可预先考虑应

该紧抓文章中的

“

方式

”,

再根据视听一致原则即可得出答案。

原文：

A 9-year-old girl in New Mexico has raised more than $$500 for her little brother who needs heart

surgery

in

Houston

Texas

this

n

Witulski's

grandmother

Kim

Allred

said

Addison

probably overheard a conversation between family members talking about the funds needed to get

her little brother to treatment.

going to get to Houston, for my grandson’s heart surgery,” said Allred. She decided to go outside

and have a lemonade stand and make some

drawings and pictures and sell them.”

That’s

when

Addison

and

her

friends

Erika

and

Emily

Borden decided

to

sell

lemonade

for

50

cents a cup and sell pictures for 25 cents each.

Before

Allred

knew

it,

New

Mexico

State

Police

Officers

were

among

the

many,

stopping

by

helping them reach a total of $$568. The family turned to social media expressing their gratitude

saying, “From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to deeply thank each and every person that

stopped by!”

New report 2

3.

答案

: C) Providing clean energy to five million people.

Q

：

What is the Francis’ purpose of constructing solar panels?

原文

:

Last week, France announced the country would pay 621miles of road with solar

panels over the next five years with the goal of providing cheap, renewable e

nergy to five

million people. (

法国将在五年内马路上建造太阳能板

,

旨在为人们供应可生能源。

)

解析

:

这道题难度中等

,

遵照试听一致原则

,

同时注意答案前后一致。

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

Q: What is especial about the solar panels used in the walkway?

解析

:

这道题有模棱两可选项出现

,

即

B/C

。

但是

,C

的厚度；而

B< /p>

则是问题所问的特殊作用

,

因此

,

综合问题

,

得出答案 即

B

。其中

,highway

相对应同义替换的词汇有

: walkway, bypass

等。

原文：

Last week, France announced that the country will pave 621 miles of road with solar panels over

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

Called “the Wattway,” the roads will be built through joint efforts with the French road

-building

company Colas and the National Institute of Solar Energy. The company spent the last five years

developing solar panels that are only about a quarter of an inch thick and are strong enough to

stand up to heavy highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery. The panels

are also designed so that they can be installed directly on top of existing roadways, making them

relatively cheap and easy to install.

France

isn’t

the

first

country

to

kick

around

the

idea

of

paving

its

roads

with

solar

panels.

In

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

a

test

for

future

projects.

However,

this

is

the

first

time

a

panel

has

been

designed

to

be

laid

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

New report 3

5.

答案

:A) Endless fighting in the region. (

视听一致

)

Q

：

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

？

原文：

Continuous fighting in the region has made survey difficult.

解析

:

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。这道题难度中等

,

通过视听一致即可。

6.

答案：

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

Q: What was the main purpose of the research?

解析：细节题。目的题，按照顺序中段听到了

the discovery of the lost lions

内容，以及

catch

images… / identify lions’tracks

，确定答案。

7.

答案：

B. Lions’tracks.

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

解析：细节题。视听一致原则，依据

identify lions’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 were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia. Continuous fighting in the

region has made surveys difficult. But scientists released a report Monday documenting, with hard

evidence, the discovery of

A

team

with

Oxford

University’s

Wildlife

Conservation

Research

Unit,

supported

by

a

charity

organization, spent two nights in November camping in the National Park in northwest Ethiopia,

on the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The researchers set out six camera traps capturing images of lions,

and they identified lion tracks.

The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in the neighbouring National Park across

the

border

in

Sudan.

The

International

Union

for

Conservation

of

Nature

had

previously

considered the area a

in the area, but no one presented convincing evidence.

Section B

Conversation 1

8.

【答案】

A. Her “lucky birthday”

【问题】

What is the woman looking forward to?

【原文

+

解析】

A golden or lucky birthday is when 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】

D. Threw her a surprise party.

【问题】

What did the woman’s parents do on her sister’s lucky bi

rthday?

【原文

+

解析】

My parents did throw her a surprise party that year.

那年 我父母给她举办了一个

惊喜派对。

10.

【答案】

B. The trip her husband has planned.

【问题】

What is the woman eager to find out about?

【原文

+

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】

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

【问题】

What does the man say at the end of the conversation? < /p>

【原文

+

解析】

I can’t wait to hear all about it 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 month. Are you?

W: Yes, I am. How did you know?

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

W: Oh…yeah that's right. This 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 myself. Fortunately, just in time to celebrate. A golden or

lucky birthday is when one turns the age of their birth date. So, for example, my sister's birthday is

December 9th and her golden birthday would have been the year she turned nine years old. Come

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

M:

Interesting.

Too

bad

I

missed

mine.

My

golden

birthday

would've

been

four

years

ago.

I

assume you got big plans then.

W: Actually yes. My husband is planning a surprise holiday for the two of us next week. I have no

idea what he's got in mind, but I'm excited to find out. Has he mentioned 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 planned on where

we're going.

M: You know nothing at all?

W: Not a clue. Hard to imagine, isn’t it? Though I must say I think he's been having even more fun

keeping the secret from me in the past few weeks.

M: I'm sure both of you will have a fantastic time. Happy golden birthday! I can't wait to hear all

about it when you get back.

Conversation 2

12.

【答案】

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

【问题】

What does the man say about good negotiators?

【原文

+

解析】

They are sensitive to the dynamics of a negotiation.

他们对谈判的动态很敏感。

13.

【答案】

B. They know when to stop.

【问题】

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

【原文

+

解 析】

And 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】

C. They 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】

D. Get to know the other side.

【问题】

What is the first stage of a negotiation according to a man?

【原 文

+

解析】

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

谈判大致有

六个阶段：了解对方。

原文：

W: Mr. Green, what do you think makes a successful negotiator?

M: Well, that’s hard to define. But I think successful negotiators have several things in common.

They are always polite and rational people. They are firm but flexible. They can recognize power

and know how to use it. They are sensitive to the dynamics of the negotiation. The way of rises

and

falls

and

how

it

may

change

direction.

They

project

the

image

of

confidence,

and

perhaps

most importantly, they know when to stop.

W: And, what about an unsuccessful negotiator?

M: Well, this is probably all of us when we start out. We are probably immature and over-trusting.

Too emotional or aggressive. We are unsure of ourselves and we want to be liked by everyone.

Good negotiators learn fast. Poor negotiators remain like that and go on losing negotiations.

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

M: Well, you can teach someone how to prepare for a negotiation. There are perhaps six stages in

every negotiation. Get to know the other side. State your goals. Start the process. Clarify areas of

disagreement

or

conflict.

Reassess

your

position.

Making

acceptable

compromises.

And

finally,

reach some agreement in principle. These stages can be studied. And strategies to be used in each

can be planned beforehand. But I think, the really successful negotiator is probably born with six

sense about responding appropriately to the situation at hand.

W: The artistic sense you’ve just described?

M: Yes. That’s right.

Section C

Passage 1

16.

【答案】

D) How space research benefits people on Earth.

【问题】

What do some people want to know about space exploration?

【原文

+

解析】

Some people wonder why countries spend millions of dollars on space projects.

They want to know how space research helps people on Earth.

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

【问题】

What did scientists do for the space shuttle missions?

【原文

+

解析】

And

in

the

space

shuttle

missions

today,

scientists

developed

objects

for

the

astronauts to use on the moon, and in space.

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 are extremely accurate.

【问题】

what does the speaker say about quartz crystal clocks and watches?

【原文

+

解 析】

For example, we have quartz crystal clocks and watches accurate to 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。

原文：

Some people wonder why countries spend millions of dollars on space projects. They want to

know how space research helps people on Earth. Actually space technology helps people on Earth

every day. This is called

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

In

early

space

programs,

such

as

the

Apollo

missions

of

the

1960s

and

1970s,

and

in

the

Space Shuttle missions today, scientists developed objects for the astronauts to use on the moon

and in space.

We now use some of these objects every day.

For

example,

we

have

Quartz

crystal

clocks

and

watches

accurate

to

within

one

minute

a

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

The

cordless,

hand-held

tools

we

use

in

our

homes,

such

as

vacuum

cleaners,

flashlights,

drills and saws came from the technology of these early space programs.

On cold winter days we can stay warm with battery-operated gloves and socks, and specially

made

coats

and

jackets.

All

of

these

clothes

are

similar

to

the

spacesuit

designs

that

kept

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

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

everyday lives. No one knows how new spin-off technology from the International Space Station

will help us in the future.

Passage 2

19.

【答案】

C) It marked the beginning of something new.

【问题】

Why

does

the

speaker

say

she

would

like

to

go

back

and

live

in

the

18th

century

America?

【原文

+