1、2017 年 12 月大学英语四级真题（第三套）及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：150 分钟)Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on how to best handle the relationship between doctors and patients. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.（分数：106.50
2、）_Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)Section A(总题数：3，分数：49.70)Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.（分数：14.2）(1).（分数：7.1）A.It tries to entertain its audience.B.It tries to look into the distance.C.It wants to catch peoples attention.D.It has got one of its limbs injured.(2
3、).（分数：7.1）A.It was spotted by animal protection officials.B.It was filmed by a local television reporter.C.Its videos were posted on social media.D.Its picture won a photography prize.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.（分数：14.2）(1).（分数：7.1）A.The distance travelled.B.T
4、he incidence of road accidents.C.The spending on gas.D.The number of people travelling.(2).（分数：7.1）A.Fewer people are commuting.B.Gas consumption is soaring.C.Job growth is slowing down.D.Rush-hour traffic is worseningQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.（分数：21.3）(1).（分数
5、：7.1）A.He told a stranger the sad story about himself.B.He helped a stranger to carry groceries to his car.C.He went up to a stranger and pulled at his sleeves.D.He washed a stranger.(2).（分数：7.1）A.He ordered a lot of food for his family.B.He gave him a job at his own company.C.He raised a large sum
6、of money for him.D.He offered him a scholarship for college.(3).（分数：7.1）A.He works hard to support his family.B.He is an excellent student at school.C.He is very good at making up stories.D.He has been disabled since boyhood.Section B(总题数：2，分数：56.80)Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation yo
7、u have just heard.（分数：28.4）(1).（分数：7.1）A.Attended an economics lecture.B.Taken a walk on Charles Street.C.Had a drink at Queen Victoria.D.Had dinner at a new restaurant.(2).（分数：7.1）A.Treat a college friend to dinner.B.Make preparations for a seminar.C.Attend his brothers birthday party.D.Visit some
8、of his high school friends.(3).（分数：7.1）A.Gather statistics for his lecture.B.Throw a surprise birthday party.C.Meet with Jonathans friends on the weekend.D.Join him in his brothers birthday celebration(4).（分数：7.1）A.By car.B.By train.C.By taxi.D.By bus.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation
9、 you have just heard.（分数：28.4）(1).（分数：7.1）A.Taking a vacation abroad.B.Reviewing for his last exam.C.Saving enough money for a rainy day.D.Finding a better way to earn money.(2).（分数：7.1）A.Preparing for his final exams.B.Negotiating with his boss for a raise.C.Working part time as a waiter.D.Helping
10、the woman with her courses.(3).（分数：7.1）A.Finish her term paper.B.Save enough money.C.Learn a little bit of Spanish.D.Ask her parent(4).（分数：7.1）A.He has rich sailing experience.B.He speaks Spanish fluently.C.He is also eager to go to Spain.D.He is easy to get along withSection C(总题数：3，分数：142.00)Quest
11、ions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：42.6）(1).（分数：14.2）A.She went to the same university as her mother.B.She worked as a nurse in the First World War.C.She won the Nobel Prize two times.D.She was also a Nobel Prize winner(2).（分数：14.2）A.She fought bravely in a series of mili
12、tary operations.B.She developed X-ray facilities for military hospitals.C.She helped to set up several military hospitals.D.She made donations to save wounded soldiers.(3).（分数：14.2）A.Both died of blood cancer.B.Both fought in World War I.C.Both won military medals.D.Both married their assistants.Que
13、stions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：42.6）(1).（分数：14.2）A.They were the first settlers in Europe.B.They were the conquerors of Norway.C.They discovered Iceland in the ninth century.D.They settled on a small island north of England.(2).（分数：14.2）A.It was some five hundred mi
14、les west of Norway.B.It was covered with green most time of the year.C.It was the Vikings most important discovery.D.It was a rocky mass of land covered with ice.(3).（分数：14.2）A.The Vikings ocean explorations.B.The making of European nations.C.The Vikings everyday life.D.The Europeans Arctic discover
15、ies.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：56.8）(1).（分数：14.2）A.Work hard for a better life.B.Make mistakes now and then.C.Dream about the future.D.Save against a rainy day.(2).（分数：14.2）A.Teach foreign languages for the rest of his life.B.Change what he has for his past i
16、maginary world.C.Exchange his two-story house for a beach cottage.D.Dwell on the dreams he had dreamed when young(3).（分数：14.2）A.Criminal law.B.City planning.C.Oriental architecture.D.International business(4).（分数：14.2）A.Dream and make plans.B.Take things easy in lifeC.Be content with what you have.D
17、.Enjoy whatever you are doingPart Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)Section A(总题数：1，分数：35.50)We all know there exists a great void (空白) in the public educational system when it comes to【C1】_ to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) courses. One educator named Dori Roberts decided to do s
18、omething to change this system. Dori taught high school engineering for 11 years. She noticed there was a real void in quality STEM education at all【C2】_ of the public educational system. She said, “I started Engineering For Kids (EFK) after noticing a real lack of math, science and engineering prog
19、rams to【C3】_ my own kids in.“She decided to start an afterschool program where children【C4】_ in STEM-based competitions. The club grew quickly and when it reached 180 members and the kids in the program won several state【C5】_, she decided to devote all her time to cultivating and【C6】_ it. The global
20、 business EFK was born.Dori began operating EFK out of her Virginia home, which she then expanded to【C7】_ recreation centers. Today, the EFK program【C8】_ over 144 branches in 32 states within the United States and in 21 countries. Sales have doubled from $ 5 million in 2014 to $ 10 million in 2015,
21、with 25 new branches planned for 2016. The EFK website states, “Our nation is not【C9】_ enough engineers. Our philosophy is to inspire kids at a young age to understand that engineering is a great【C10】_. “A) attractedB) careerC) championshipsD) degreesE) developingF) enrollG) exposureH) feasibleI) fe
22、edingJ) graduatingK) interestL) levelsM) localN) operatesO) participated（分数：35.50）(1).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(2).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(3).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(4).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(5).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(6)
23、.（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(7).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(8).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(9).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(10).（分数：3.55）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Why arent you curious about what happened?A) “You suspended Ra
24、y Rice after our video,“ a reporter from TMZ challenged National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell the other day. “Why didnt you have the curiosity to go to the casino (赌场) yourself?“ The implication of the question is that a more curious commissioner would have found a way to get the tape.
25、B) The accusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often, carrying the suggestion that there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth. “I have been bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity,“ said a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July,
26、 referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who chose not to ask hard questions about the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal. “Isnt the mainstream media the least bit curious about what happened?“ wrote conservative write
27、r Jennifer Rubin earlier this year, referring to the attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.C) The implication, in each case, is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a problem. Are such accusations simply efforts to score political points for ones party? Or is there something o
28、f particular value about curiosity in and of itself?D) The journalist Ian Leslie, in his new and enjoyable book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It, insists that the answer to that last question is Yes. Leslie argues that curiosity is a much-overlooked human virtue, crucial
29、 to our success, and that we are losing it.E) We are suffering, he writes, from a “serendipity deficit.“ The word “serendipity“ was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who “were always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of. “ Lesli
30、e worries that the rise of the Internet, among other social and technological changes, has reduced our appetite for aimless adventures. No longer have we the inclination to let ourselves wander through fields of knowledge, ready to be surprised. Instead, we seek only the information we want.F) Why i
31、s this a problem? Because without curiosity we will lose the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. We will see unimaginative governments and dying corporations make disastrous decisions. We will lose a vital part of what has made humanity as a whole so successful as a species.G) Leslie presents
32、 considerable evidence for the proposition that the society as a whole is growing less curious. In the U. S. and Europe, for example, the rise of the Internet has led to a declining consumption of news from outside the readers borders. But not everything is to be blamed on technology. The decline in
33、 interest in literary fiction is also one of the causes identified by Leslie. Reading literary fiction, he says, makes us more curiousH) Moreover, in order to be curious, “you have to be aware of a gap in your knowledge in the first place.“ Although Leslie perhaps paints a bit broadly in contending
34、that most of us are unaware of how much we dont know, hes surely right to point out that the problem is growing: “Google can give us the powerful illusion that all questions have definite answers.“I) Indeed, Google, for which Leslie expresses admiration, is also his frequent whipping boy (替罪 羊). He
35、quotes Google co-founder Larry Page to the effect that the “perfect search engine“ will “understand exactly what I mean and give me back exactly what I want.“ Elsewhere in the book, Leslie writes:“ Google aims to save you from the thirst of curiosity altogether. “J) Somewhat nostalgically (怀旧地), he
36、quotes John Maynard Keyness justly famous words of praise to the bookstore: “One should enter it vaguely, almost in a dream, and allow what is there freely to attract and influence the eye. To walk the rounds of the bookshops, dipping in as curiosity dictates, should be an afternoons entertainment.“
37、 If only!K) Citing the work of psychologists and cognitive (认知的) scientists, Leslie criticizes the received wisdom that academic success is the result of a combination of intellectual talent and hard work. Curiosity, he argues, is the third key factorand a difficult one to preserve. If not cultivate
38、d, it will not survive:“ Childhood curiosity is a collaboration between child and adult. The surest way to kill it is to leave it alone. “L) School education, he warns, is often conducted in a way that makes children incurious. Children of educated and upper-middle-class parents turn out to be far m
39、ore curious, even at early ages, than children of working class and lower class families. That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.M) Although Leslies book isnt about politics, he doesnt entirely
40、 shy away from the problem. Political leaders, like leaders of other organizations, should be curious. They should ask questions at crucial moments. There are serious consequences, he warns, in not wanting to know.N) He presents as an example the failure of the George W. Bush administration to prepa
41、re properly for the after-effects of the invasion of Iraq. According to Leslie, those who ridiculed former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his 2002 remark that we have to be wary of the “unknown unknowns“ were mistaken. Rumsfelds idea, Leslie writes, “wasnt absurd it was smart.“ He adds, “The
42、tragedy is that he didnt follow his own advice.“O) All of which brings us back to Goodell and the Christie case and Benghazi. Each critic in those examples is charging, in a different way, that someone in authority is intentionally being incurious. I leave it to the readers political preference to d
43、ecide which, if any, charges should stick. But lets be careful about demanding curiosity about the other sides weaknesses and remaining determinedly incurious about our own. We should be delighted to pursue knowledge for its own sakeeven when what we find out is something we didnt particularly want
44、to know.（分数：71.0）(1).To be curious, we need to realize first of all that there are many things we dont know. （分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(2).According to Leslie, curiosity is essential to ones success. （分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(3).We should feel happy when we pursue knowledge
45、for knowledges sake. （分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(4).Political leaders lack of curiosity will result in bad consequences. （分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(5).There are often accusations about politicians and the medias lack of curiosity to find out the truth.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I
46、.J.K.L.M.N.O.(6).The less curious a child is, the less knowledge the child may turn out to have. （分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(7).It is widely accepted that academic accomplishment lies in both intelligence and diligence. （分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(8).Visiting a bookshop as curi
47、osity leads us can be a good way to entertain ourselves. （分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(9).Both the rise of the Internet and reduced appetite for literary fiction contribute to peoples declining curiosity.（分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.(10).Mankind wouldnt be so innovative without cur
48、iosity. （分数：7.1）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.Section C(总题数：2，分数：142.00)Passage OneAging happens to all of us, and is generally thought of as a natural part of life. It would seem silly to call such a thing a “disease.“On the other hand, scientists are increasingly learning that aging and biological
49、 age are two different things, and that the former is a key risk factor for conditions such as heart disease, cancer and many more. In that light, aging itself might be seen as something treatable, the way you would treat high blood pressure or a vitamin deficiency.Biophysicist Alex Zhavoronkov believes that aging should be considered a disease. He said that describing aging as a disease creates incentives to d
