2017 年 12 月大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試真題詳細(xì)解析第三套

1、2017年12月大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試真題(第三套）PartIWriting(25minutes)Directions：Fthispart，youareallowed30minutestowriteashtessayonhowtobesthletherelationshipbetweenparentschildren.Youshouldwriteatleast120wdsbutnomethan180wds.PartIIListeningCom

2、prehension(25minutes)說明：由于2017年12月四級(jí)考試全國共考了2套聽力，本套真題聽力與前2套內(nèi)容完全一樣，只是順序不一樣，因此在本套真題中不再重復(fù)出現(xiàn)。PartIIIReadingComprehension(40minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissectionthereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoonewdfeachblankfr

3、omalistofchoicesgiveninawdbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybefemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecrespondingletterfeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughth

4、ecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewdsinthebankmethanonce.Questions26to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Weallknowthereexistsagreatvoid(空白)inthepubliceducationalsystemwhenitcomesto26toSTEM(ScienceTechnologyEngineeringMathematics)

5、courses.OneeducatnamedDiRobertsdecidedtodosomethingtochangethissystem.Ditaughthighschoolengineeringf11years.ShenoticedtherewasarealvoidinqualitySTEMeducationatall27ofthepubliceducationalsystem.Shesaid“IstartedEngineering

6、FKids(EFK)afternoticingareallackofmathscienceengineeringprogramsto28myownkidsin.”Shedecidedtostartanafterschoolprogramwherechildren29inSTEMbasedcompetitions.Theclubgrewquicklywhenitreached180membersthekidsintheprogramwon

7、severalstate30shedecidedtodevoteallhertimetocultivating31it.TheglobalbusinessEFKwasbn.DibeganoperatingEFKoutofherVirginiahomewhichshethenexpedto3263recreation2017年12月大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試真題(第三套）problem.Aresuchaccusationssimplyefftsto

8、scepoliticalpointsfone’spartyistheresomethingofparticularvalueaboutcuriosityinofitselfD)ThejournalistIanLeslieinhisnewenjoyablebookCurious：TheDesiretoKnowWhyYourFutureDependsonItinsiststhattheanswertothatlastquestionis‘Y

9、es’.Lesliearguesthatcuriosityisamuchoverlookedhumanvirtuecrucialtooursuccess，thatwearelosingit.E)Wearesuffering，hewrites，froma“serendipitydeficit.”Thewd“serendipity”wascoinedbyHaceWalpoleinan1854letterfromataleofthreepri

10、nceswho“werealwaysmakingdiscoveriesbyaccidentofthingstheywerenotinsearchof.”LesliewriesthattheriseoftheInteramongothersocialtechnologicalchangeshasreducedourappetitefaimlessadventures.Nolongerhavewetheinclinationtoletour

11、selveswerthroughfieldsofknowledgereadytobesurprised.Insteadweseekonlytheinfmationwewant.F)WhyisthisaproblemBecausewithoutcuriositywewilllosethespiritofinnovationentrepreneurship.Wewillseeunimaginativegovernmentsdyingcpat

12、ionsmakedisastrousdecisions.Wewillloseavitalpartofwhathasmadehumanityasawholesosuccessfulasaspecies.G)Lesliepresentsconsiderableevidencefthepropositionthatthesocietyasawholeisgrowinglesscurious.IntheU.S.Europefexamplethe

13、riseoftheInterhasledtoadecliningconsumptionofnewsfromoutsidethereader’sbders.Butnoteverythingistobeblamedontechnology.ThedeclineininterestinliteraryfictionisalsooneofthecausesidentifiedbyLeslie.Readingliteraryfictionhesa

14、ysmakesusmecurious.H)Meoverindertobecurious“youhavetobeawareofagapinyourknowledgeinthefirstplace.”AlthoughLeslieperhapspaintsabitbroadlyincontendingthatmostofusareunawareofhowmuchwedon’tknowhe’ssurelyrighttopointoutthatt

15、heproblemisgrowing:“Googlecangiveusthepowerfulillusionthatallquestionshavedefiniteanswers.”I)IndeedGoogle，fwhichLeslieexpressesadmirationisalsohisfrequentwhippingboy(替罪羊）.HequotesGooglecofounderLarryPagetotheeffectthatth

16、e“perfectsearchengine”will“understexactlywhatImeangivemebackexactlywhatIwant.”ElsewhereinthebookLesliewrites:“Googleaimstosaveyoufromthethirstofcuriosityaltogether.”J)Somewhatnostalgically(懷舊地），hequotesJohnMaynardKeynes’